Views & Voices
President Obama defended American engagement abroad on Monday afternoon, and calling out the national security, economic, and humanitarian importance of U.S. international affairs programs. [...]
Media clips with Senator Lindsey Graham:
Earlier this week, the USGLC and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who said “U.S. leadership in global development matters—because if we are going to benefit from global growth, we need to support it.”
Last night, Senator Marco Rubio (FL) delivered his first major foreign policy address at the Jesse Helms Center at Wingate University.
USGLC Chairman Dan Glickman took the chair on CSPAN’s Washington Journal morning program to discuss U.S. global leadership in an age of budget cuts. He took calls and emails from the public and made a strong case for U.S. global engagement, even – or especially – in tough economic times.
Earlier this month, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivered a major foreign policy address, laying out a clear vision of America as a leader in the world. Speaking to the Alexander Hamilton Society, Chairman Ryan said “A world without U.S. leadership will be a more chaotic place. A place where we have less [...]
WTOP 103.5, March 23, 2011 Former Ambassador and Congressman Mark Green told listeners that the International Affairs Budget is a great return on investment for American taxpayers.
One issue that unites all secretaries of state of either party is maintaining a strong U.S. profile in world affairs.
If there is one issue that every one of the last seven secretaries of state agrees on, it’s the need to increase State Department and foreign assistance funding next year.
As the Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins mark up today of the first foreign affairs authorization bill in five years, all eight living former U.S. Secretaries of State have written a letter urging Congress not to cut the international affairs budget.
