Monthly Archives: October 2011
Who’s In the News Cutting Foreign Aid: Not The America I Love (Richard Stearns, Huffington Post) I watched the Republican debates from my hotel in London this week, where I am meeting with other World Vision leaders. Being overseas, and watching them hours after the live event, provides a more objective perspective on home. During [...]
Opinion leaders pushed back today on the concerning statements made by some Republican presidential candidates Tuesday night, in response to a debate question about the merits of foreign aid. The Washington Post editorial board wrote, “It’s sad that, only three years after the George W. Bush presidency, no candidate defended foreign aid as a marker of [...]
I was fortunate enough to attend last night’s Republican Presidential Debate in Las Vegas, and what I saw was a spirited conversation between candidates who truly love this country and desire to make it stronger for generations to come. A very important question was raised by a member of the audience about why we need [...]
This morning, USGLC Chairman Dan Glickman and Senior Director Mark Green published an op-ed in Roll Call, laying out in stark terms the consequences of cuts to the International Affairs Budget. They write, “We also need to be honest about what is at stake. If we slash our diplomatic and development programs, we are not [...]
“Cuts in Foreign Assistance Are Penny Wise and Pound Foolish – Dan Glickman & Mark Green” by Dan Glickman and Mark Green Roll Call, October 19, 2011 Washington is waiting with bated breath for the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction to find $1.5 trillion or more in spending reductions. At the same time, our former colleagues [...]
Tonight, the Republican Presidential candidates gather in Las Vegas for another primary debate, hosted by CNN and the Western Republican Leadership Conference (WRLC). The debate will begin at 8 p.m. EST. This morning, CNN announced that it will partner with The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute to host a foreign policy and national [...]
1. Representatives Poe (R-TX) and Berman (D-CA) Introduce Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012
2. House Foreign Affairs Committee Marks up U.N. “Reform” Bill
3. FY12 Appropriations Enter Final Negotiations
As final FY12 negotiations continue and with four weeks remaining before expiration of the current continuing resolution, House and Senate leaders are still negotiating on final 302(b) allocations for the FY12 appropriations bills. Among other discrepancies, negotiators need to reconcile a $6 billion difference in the House and Senate levels for the International Affairs Budget. [...]
The importance of economic freedom in African development was the topic of discussion this week at a presentation at the Heritage Foundation by Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President for the Africa Region at the World Bank. Her remarks centered around the World Bank paper “On the Relevance of Freedom and Entitlement in Development,” which collects new [...]
Thomas Nides is the Deputy Secretary of State. First posted at DipNote Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with some bloggers in an on-line event co-hosted by our friends at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC). We discussed the challenges we at the State Department face in the current budget environment, as well [...]
