The Daily GAB
Yesterday House Republicans unveiled their “Pledge to America,” which is billed as a governing agenda should they regain the majority after the November elections. Modeled after the “Contract for America” from 1994, it focuses primarily on issues related to taxes, spending, health care and national security with reductions in all discretionary programs back to 2008 [...]
The President called “for the elevation of development as a core pillar of American power” yesterday as he laid out a “A 21st Century Development Policy.” This is a major step forward for U.S. foreign policy and national security. Take a look at the USGLC’s analysis and our statement on this new policy. Next week we [...]
As all eyes are on the U.N. General Assembly and the Millennium Development Goals Summit in New York this week, the U.S. is pledging more funding for Pakistan Flood Recovery. USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah and Richard Holbrooke announced $76 million more in aid, bringing the U.S. totals to $345 million. Both Shah and Holbrooke recently [...]
This week President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and USAID Administrator Raj Shah will be in New York for meetings at the U.N. General Assembly, the Millennium Development Goals Summit, and the Clinton Global Initiative, and it’s expected that development will be front and center. While Secretaries Clinton, Gates, and Geithner, along with Shah and MCC CEO [...]
This morning, the USGLC is proud to announce Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah, and Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Daniel Yohannes will participate in a roundtable discussion on the Administration’s New Development Policy at our September 28th annual conference.
The news is out that the leading candidate to replace Jack Lew at the State Department is Thomas Nides, the current COO of Morgan Stanley. “In the Loop” broke the news yesterday, and the Financial Times has a story today. Nides fits the job description with both Washington and financial sector experience to handle the [...]
The U.S. announced that it will up its assistance to Pakistan to $217 million to assist with relief and recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating floods, with “an additional $50 million . . . allocated for initial recovery efforts to assist with rebThe U.S. announced that it will up its assistance to Pakistan [...]
In his Oval Office address on Iraq last night, President Obama highlighted the importance of elevating development and diplomacy moving forward in Iraq. “As our military draws down, our dedicated civilians — diplomats, aid workers, and advisors — are moving into the lead to support Iraq as it strengthens its government, resolves political disputes, resettles [...]
In a speech from the Oval Office tonight, President Obama will announce a change in the mission in Iraq. While combat troops are being drawn down, the administration will increase the civilian presence in Iraq, underscoring the need for consistent robust funding of our civilian-led tools of development and diplomacy. David Brooks points out in [...]
The President will have a busy foreign-policy week as he is scheduled to give an oval office address on Iraq tomorrow night in which he will mark the “official” end of combat operations and the transition to an “advise and assist” mission. Later in the week, the U.S. will host the launch of direct peace [...]
