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		<title>Feed the Future Oversight Highlights International Commitment to Food Security</title>
		<link>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/22/feed-the-future-oversight-highlights-international-commitment-to-food-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martine Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dana Rohrabacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feed the Future Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[malnutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Foreign Affairs subcommittees on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight and Africa and Global Health held a joint hearing Tuesday afternoon.]]></description>
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		<title>First Peek at Foreign Assistance Act Overhaul</title>
		<link>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/21/first-peek-at-foreign-assistance-act-overhaul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/21/first-peek-at-foreign-assistance-act-overhaul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Kaye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Impact Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Partnerships Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Foreign Affairs Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On June 29, the House Foreign Affairs Committee began circulating a draft of the Global Partnerships Act of 2010, which will establish a framework for effective, transparent, and accountable U.S. foreign assistance. The legislation is being designed to replace the complicated and outdated Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The draft document is only the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan Oversight Hearing Shows Civilian Surge is Progress, but Even Strong Civilian Capacity Needed</title>
		<link>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/19/afghan-oversight-hearing-shows-civilian-surge-is-progress-but-even-strong-civilian-capacity-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meghan Simonds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Impact Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee held its first in a series of hearings about Afghan corruption problems and U.S. aid to Afghanistan.  The hearing comes as part of Chairwoman Lowey’s commitment to investigate concerns about rampant corruption in the country as she withholds $3.9 billion in FY 2011 U.S. assistance for Afghanistan.
During [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Gregory to Speak at USGLC Annual Conference in September</title>
		<link>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/15/david-gregory-to-speak-at-usglc-annual-conference-in-september/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/15/david-gregory-to-speak-at-usglc-annual-conference-in-september/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Amsler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Impact Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Washington Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Gregory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today we announced that David Gregory, moderator of NBC’s Meet The Press, would be speaking at the USGLC’s annual conference, which will be held September 28-29 in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
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		<title>Tough Talk on Civilian Governance in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/15/tough-talk-on-civilian-governance-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/15/tough-talk-on-civilian-governance-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart B. Baimel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Impact Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil-Military Approach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civilian Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civillian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nita Lowey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Holbrooke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lugar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Tuesday during which Committee members discussed civilian and governance issues in Afghanistan, a problem that has taken on an increasing profile recently in the United States. ]]></description>
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		<title>Is USAID Broken?</title>
		<link>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/14/is-usaid-broken/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/14/is-usaid-broken/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four former USAID Administrators take to the virtual pages of Huffington Post today to argue for boosting funding to America&#8217;s  development agency.  &#8220;USAID&#8217;s investments result in gains in diplomacy and democracy worldwide,&#8221; write J. Brian Atwood, Heniretta Holsman Fore, M. Peter McPherson and Andrew Natsios.  &#8220;However, cuts to the International Affairs budget will only weaken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jacob Lew to OMB</title>
		<link>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/14/jacob-lew-to-omb-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/14/jacob-lew-to-omb-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama announced yesterday that he will nominate Jack Lew to take over for Peter Orszag as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. In his current position, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Lew plays a key role in advocating for the International Affairs Budget and has been instrumental in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Foreign Aid Helps Haiti</title>
		<link>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/13/how-foreign-aid-helps-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/13/how-foreign-aid-helps-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Peckham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Impact Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.usglc.org/?p=10632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 12th, the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti was devastated by a 7.0-Mw earthquake, and in the aftermath the international community—led by the United States in particular—rushed to Haitians’ aid with food and water, medical services, and reconstruction teams.
Now, 6 months later, it is evident that, although much remains to be done, our foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working for a Global Washington</title>
		<link>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/13/working-for-a-global-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/13/working-for-a-global-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Michaelree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Impact Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Advisory Councils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I’m traveling to the state of Washington, where I will be meeting with state legislators about the impact of the International Affairs Budget on their state and to continue to build the USGLC’s statewide networks.]]></description>
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		<title>State Department&#8217;s &#8216;Conversations with America&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/12/state-department-continues-outreach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usglc.org/2010/07/12/state-department-continues-outreach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Peckham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Impact Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conversations With America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farah Pandith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim Outreach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday morning, the State Department hosted a discussion on the Obama Administration’s outreach to Muslim communities across the world between Steven Clemons of the New America Foundation and Farah Pandith, the Department’s Special Representative on the issue. ]]></description>
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