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 [...]
Development assistance to South Korea has transformed the country from a shattered, war-torn country into an economic powerhouse and crucial friend for the United States. In the wake of World War II and the Korean War, South Korea was a devastated country with uncertain prospects for economic advancement. With development assistance led by the U.S., [...]
On October 3, members of the development community gathered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. for a panel discussion on the critical national security implications of the International Affairs Budget. The national security panel was part of a summit called the Power of 1%, hosted by USAID, PSI, FHI360, PATH and World Vision. I was [...]
Day Two of the Bush Summit was as good, if not better than Day One – and that’s saying a lot. President Bush was the star – of course. Though he spoke only briefly, and largely to introduce Former Secretary Rice, his words were moving. “In order to heal human suffering, America must lead. That [...]
Today’s sessions at the Summit to Save Lives were a real testimony to the best in American global leadership. The overriding themes were bipartisanship and public private partnerships. Without Republicans and Democrats coming together in the cause of lifting lives in places like Africa, the extraordinary success story that is PEPFAR couldn’t have happened. In [...]
President George W. Bush spent much of Labor Day 2001 in Northeastern Wisconsin. As the local congressman in those days, it was my honor to accompany him as he marked the occasion with a visit to a newly constructed Council of Carpenters Training Center. I remember watching him strap on a carpenter’s apron and hang [...]
As a former Republican Congressman and a conservative, I know the pressures facing lawmakers to stretch every dollar and cut waste wherever they can. But it would be a serious mistake to slash foreign assistance programs, as Andrew Sullivan’s “Chart of the Day” on February 25th argues is popular among my fellow conservatives today. When [...]
