To mark World AIDS Day today, the ONE campaign is hosting an event featuring President Obama, former Presidents Bush and Clinton, President Kikwete of Tanzania, Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Barbara Lee which will be live streamed beginning at 10:00 a.m. Bono also made an appearance on The Daily Show last night to talk about [...]

This morning, USGLC’s own Mark Green teamed up with former OPIC CEO Rob Mosbacher to set the scene for the Busan forum in the Washington Times. They write “it is fitting that Korea plays host to this conference, as this country more than any other demonstrates how strategic aid investments can produce remarkable returns.”

Today’s top stories from South Korea to Washington, D.C.

In Sunday’s Washington Post, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote about strategies for “ending global aid in a generation.” This morning, Admiral James Stavridis, the Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe cross-posted on the USGLC blog about his conversations with USAID mission directors, saying “in this turbulent 21st century, we [...]

Must Reads Smart Power Senate Hopes to Complete Second ‘Minibus’ Before Thanksgiving Recess (Kerry Young, CQ) The Senate will revisit some of the biggest policy disagreements between Republicans and President Obama as it attempts next week to pass a second package of spending bills for the fiscal year that began six weeks ago. Republicans are [...]

The Senate is moving forward with its consideration of a second minibus package, which includes the FY12 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. The Senate will hold a procedural vote tomorrow on the bill and debate will get underway next week.  This morning, Frank Carlucci, Lee Hamilton, and Tom Ridge, wrote an opinion editorial for the Washington [...]

Senate consideration of the second FY12 “minibus” spending package, including the State-Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, has been delayed and is not expected to come to the floor this week.  Senate Leadership sources indicate the minibus could still come up next week, but the schedule remains very much in flux due to other competing legislative priorities. [...]

USGLC in the News U.S. global engagement keeps Americans safe, creates jobs (Col. Dan Nolan, Tampa Tribune) Right now our country makes a small but critical investment of just about 1 percent of the entire federal budget in international affairs programming, but we receive a huge return. Not only are we saving lives around the [...]

Must Reads USGLC in the News History tells us: Fund diplomacy (Peter Petrihos, The Hill) As Congress turns to the difficult task of reducing the U.S. deficit, it is imperative that we equip our diplomats with the resources necessary to execute a foreign policy that reflects the lessons of history, exports our values and perpetuates [...]

Today marks the 50th anniversary of USAID. To mark the occasion, a bipartisan group of former USAID Administrators and current USGLC advisors wrote an opinion editorial in today’s Politico. Together, Brian Atwood, Henrietta Fore, Peter McPherson and Andrew Natsios wrote “Over this half-century, USAID has had an extraordinary record of accomplishment.” and “as former administrators, [...]