State Action: New Hampshire

The International Affairs Budget is very important to New Hampshire.  International trade is a big part of the New Hampshire economy.  In 2008, for instance, the state exported goods to 168 foreign markets creating revenue of nearly $4 billion for the state.  Additionally, since the the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect, New Hampshire has increased its exports to Canada and Mexico by 75%.   Join the USGLC in helping build a more prosperous and safer New Hampshire.

Read about the impact of the International Affairs Budget on New Hampshire with our New Hampshire State Fact Sheet.

For more information on how you can get involved with the USGLC in New Hampshire, please contact Jess O’Connell (202) 730-4178.

Select New Hampshire Advisory Committee Members

  • Rev. Susan Ackley
    Rector, Church of the Holy Spirit Episcopal
  • Mary Collins
    State Director, New Hampshire Small Business Development Center
  • Tom Horgan
    President & CEO, New Hampshire College & University Council
  • Joe Keefe
    President and CEO, PAX World Mutual Funds
  • Mary Rauh
    Chair, Women’s Fund of New Hampshire

USGLC in New Hampshire  in Action

On November 8, 2007, the USGLC hosted a forum at Saint Anselm College with Presidential candidates Governor Bill Richardson and Senator Joseph Biden.   Republican former Vice Presidential candidate and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp and four-star General (Ret.) and former White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey also joined  for the launch of Impact ’08 in New Hampshire: Building a Better, Safer World.

Kemp challenged all of the Republican and Democratic candidates, saying, “The next President needs a foreign policy which demonstrates American strength on all fronts – economic, diplomatic and military.  Greater investments in global development and diplomacy will keep America safer, grow our economy, and demonstrate our humanitarian values as a nation.”

McCaffrey told the audience: “We cannot rely on the military alone for our national security.  America needs to project “smart power” – strategically integrating development assistance, diplomacy and defense.”

Members of New Hampshire Delegation who signed the FY11 Budget Letter to President Obama

  • Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D)
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-1st)
  • Rep. Paul Hodes (D-2nd)


UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EVENTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

  • March 29, 2010- History of Yemen, Charles Dunbar, Former Ambassador to Yemen-Manchester