Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently highlighted the importance of “economic statecraft” in maintaining U.S. global leadership.   In speeches at the Center for American Progress and the Economic Club of New York, she acknowledged that the United States faces economic hardships due to the recession and emphasized a comprehensive approach focused on how our global [...]

In these difficult economic times, Congress is working to find places to cut the national budget while President Obama and the Republican Presidential candidates who hope to replace him focus on domestic policy and job creation.  Yet by preventing disproportionate cuts in one critical area of the budget, the U.S. could actually create jobs here [...]