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House Appropriators Examine State Department’s Security Assistance Funding
By Matt Corso at 16 April, 2010, 4:20 pm
The President’s FY11 Budget request seeks to make a change in how the U.S. provides security assistance, with oversight of a key program moving from the Defense Department to the State Department. On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations focused on the Administration’s request for security assistance. Testifying before the Subcommittee from [...]
Read More >>MCC CEO Yohannes Testifies Before House Appropriators
By Matt Corso at 16 April, 2010, 1:56 pm
A signature part of the International Affairs Budget and an example of modernizing U.S. foreign assistance, the Millennium Challenge Corporation has some pretty strong results under its belt. On Wednesday, MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations in support of the President’s $1.28 billion request, a 16% increase above [...]
Read More >>$2.8 billion Request for Haiti; Clinton & Gates Testify; USGLC Military Leaders Meet with Lawmakers and Administration
By Matt Corso at 26 March, 2010, 6:38 pm
On Wednesday, March 24th, the Administration officially submitted an amendment to its $33 billion FY10 War Supplemental, requesting an additional $2.8 billion to support ongoing recovery and reconstruction operations in Haiti. The request includes an additional $1.9 billion for the FY10 International Affairs Budget, on top of the initial request of $4.5 billion in the [...]
Read More >>Budget Mark-ups Delayed; USGLC Military Leaders Send Letter to Congress
By Matt Corso at 12 March, 2010, 3:55 pm
While it has not officially been announced, our sources on the Hill have indicated that both the House and Senate Budget Committee mark-ups of the FY11 Budget Resolutions will be delayed until after the spring recess, which is currently scheduled for March 29th through April 9th. Delaying the Committee mark-ups will ensure Congress does not [...]
Read More >>USAID Administrator Shah Testifies before the House
By Matt Corso at 6 March, 2010, 6:50 pm
USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah testified before two House Committees on March 3rd and 4th, in support of elevating development, alongside diplomacy and defense, as part of U.S. national security. During the committee hearings, bipartisan support was also expressed for Dr. Shah’s leadership in coordinating U.S. government-wide efforts to provide relief and recovery assistance to [...]
Read More >>Clinton Testifies before Congress in Support of the FY11 International Affairs Budget
By Matt Corso at 26 February, 2010, 1:20 pm
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified on Capitol Hill before four separate committees on February 25th and 25th, to make the case for the President’s $58.5 billion FY11 International Affairs Budget request. In her testimony before each of the committees, Secretary Clinton talked about the importance of the International Affairs Budget to America’s national security, as well [...]
Read More >>USGLC Applauds President’s FY 2011 International Affairs Budget
By Matt Corso at 1 February, 2010, 4:09 pm
Today, the USGLC applauded the Administration’s FY 2011 International Affairs Budget request as a critical investment in America’s national security, especially given the growing global challenges of the 21st century. The request is part of President Obama’s $3.8 trillion FY 2011 Budget request submitted to Congress today.
As part of the national security budget, the Administration [...]
Kerry and Lugar Introduce State Department Authorization Bill
By Matt Corso at 29 January, 2010, 4:53 pm
Today, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-IN) introduced the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011. This authorization bill would “provide authority, policy guidance, and operational oversight to the State Department.”
Last year, under the direction of House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA), [...]
FY10 International Affairs Budget Finalized at $51 billion
By Matt Corso at 15 December, 2009, 3:14 pm
Congress cleared a Consolidated Appropriations spending bill on Sunday that completes the FY 2010 International Affairs Budget, providing a total of $50.9 billion. There are two ways to compare FY 2009 to the FY 2010 funding levels, creating some confusion. The FY10 figures represent a 4.1% cut from total funding for FY09. However, Congress added [...]
Read More >>FY10 International Affairs Budget in Home Stretch; Record-Breaking Signatures on FY11 Congressional Letter
By Matt Corso at 10 December, 2009, 3:10 pm
House and Senate negotiators met on Tuesday, December 8th, to finalize the details of a $446.8 billion FY10 Omnibus Appropriations measure, which would complete the FY10 International Affairs Budget. The measure includes the $48.76 billion FY10 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. When combined with the $1.9 billion in international food aid in the Agriculture bill, [...]
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