On December 7, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke to more than 1,000 development community leaders, business executives, faith-based organizers and foreign policymakers. The event underscored the depth of commitment to U.S. global engagement emanating from a wide range of supporters as the USGLC came together to honor Secretary Clinton for her extraordinary leadership [...]

As an influential leader in your community and member of the USGLC’s Florida Advisory Committee, please join us for a special event on the future of smart power in American foreign policy. This event is part of our Putting Smart Power to Work series – the USGLC’s new campaign to build sustained support for international [...]

[showtime] On Wednesday, October 14, 2009, the USGLC hosted an interactive discussion around the State Department’s new Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR); a blueprint of a smart power approach to U.S. foreign policy. The program began with a keynote by Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew, followed by a lively panel discussion and question [...]

With nearly 1,000 people in attendance or watching the live webcast, the USGLC marked the release of its new report with a speech by Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew and a panel discussion moderated by PBS’ Judy Woodruff. Panelists included former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Congressman Jim Leach (R-IA), U.S. Senator Robert [...]

At Final Impact ’08 Event in DC, Transition Advisors from Previous Administrations Discuss Global Challenges and Opportunities Facing Obama Transition Team Clinton transition advisor Paul Begala, Bush policy advisor Michael Gerson and moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS’ “The NewsHour” discussed two new reports released by the Center for US Global Engagement at this post-election foreign [...]

Impact ’08 held its final event, a discussion on the global challenges and opportunities facing President-elect Barack Obama with former Senator Bill Bradley. The discussion was moderated by Columbus Dispatch Senior Editor Joe Hallett. The event took place at The Ohio State University as part of Impact ’08 in Ohio, in partnership with OSU’s John [...]

Impact ’08 hosted its largest event ever – and the last before the election – featuring former Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin discussing the economic and national security challenges facing the next president. READ FULL TRANSCRIPT Following the non-partisan panel discussion, prominent representatives from both presidential campaigns – [...]

On Wednesday, September 3, 2008, the Center for U.S. Global Engagement sponsored a high-level foreign policy discussion, “Building a Better, Safer World: What Would a McCain Presidency Do?” during the Republican National Convention as part of the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs’ “America’s Future: Conversations about Politics and Policy” program. The forum [...]

At the Democratic National Committee’s 2008 Convention in Devnver, CO, the Center, in partnership with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, hosted a high-level foreign policy discussion featuring Senator Obama’s senior foreign policy advisors. Moderated by former Senator Gary Hart, the panel included: Congressman Adam Smith Greg Craig, former White House Special Counsel and [...]

July 15, 2008 Program Highlights Presidential Candidate Surrogates Representing Democrat Barack Obama Senator Joe Biden Video, Pictures and Text of Remarks Representing Republican John McCain Senator Joe Lieberman Video, Pictures and Text of Remarks Keynotes Smart Power: America and Global Poverty Senator John Edwards Video, Pictures and Text of Remarks Modernizing Foreign Assistance for the [...]