The 12 Days of Christmas – Smart Power Style

Tis’ the season for holiday cheer and incessant jingles, but it’s also a time of reflection on a year gone by. In 2013 stories of government gridlock, ceilings, cliffs, and glitches of all kinds dominated the airwaves. Often missing from the doom and gloom news cycle are the smart power success stories of 2013, so today, we celebrate these undersung achievements by channeling the holiday classic, “The 12 Days of Christmas.”

No, you won’t find any partridges in pear trees here, and I left my true love out of it. But you will get a snapshot of how investing in global engagement is building a better, safer, and more prosperous world – and America.” Feel free sing along!

On the 1st Day of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
A reauthorized PEPFAR and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 2^ndDay of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
$2.3 trillion in U.S. exports over a single year;
(43.1% above the level of exports in 2009)
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 3^rdDay of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
3 American Innovators featured in June by the USGLC;
(USGLC’s Innovations in Smart Power Campaign highlights the impact of fusing American ingenuity and technological advancements with critical development needs and creative public private partnerships)

$2.3 trillion in U.S. exports
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 4^th Day of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
Over $4-hundred million in OPIC revenues returned to the U.S. Treasury;

3 Smart Power Innovations
$2.3 trillion in U.S. exports
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 5^th Day of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
5 completed MCC Compacts;(the largest set of Compacts to successfully close in a single year)

$4+ hundred million from OPIC
3 Smart Power Innovations
$2.3 trillion in U.S. exports
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 6^th Day of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
Over $6 billion in Ex-Im financing and insurance to small U.S. companies;

5 COMPLETED MCC COMPACTS
$4+ hundred million from OPIC
3 Smart Power Innovations
$2.3 trillion in U.S. exports
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 7^th Day of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
Over 7 million farmers with new Feed the Future technologies;

$6+ billion to Ex-Im’s small businesses
5 COMPLETED MCC COMPACTS
$4+ hundred million from OPIC
3 Smart Power Innovations
$2.95 billion exports via USTDA
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 8^thDay of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
8 agencies with foreign assistance data on the “Dashboard” – yippee!(kudos to adding five this year: Departments of Defense and Treasury, the Peace Corps, U.S. African Development Foundation, and Inter-American Foundation)

7 million farmers
$6+ billion to Ex-Im’s small businesses
5 COMPLETED MCC COMPACTS
$4+ hundred million from OPIC
3 Smart Power Innovations
$2.3 trillion in U.S. exports
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 9^thDay of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
Nearly $90 million to help typhoon victims in the Philippines;(plus a highly coordinated civilian-military relief effort)

8 more transparent agencies
7 million farmers
$6+ billion to Ex-Im’s small businesses
5 COMPLETED MCC COMPACTS
$4+ hundred million from OPIC
3 Smart Power Innovations
$2.3 trillion in U.S. exports
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 10^thDay of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
Nearly 10 million jobs supported by U.S. exports overseas;

90 million in disaster assistance
8 more transparent agencies
7 million farmers
$6+ billion to Ex-Im’s small businesses
5 COMPLETED MCC COMPACTS
$4+ hundred million from OPIC
3 Smart Power Innovations
$2.3 trillion in U.S. exports
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 11^thDay of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
11 hundred partners reached by State’s Global Partnership Initiative;

10 million U.S. jobs from exports
90 million in disaster assistance
8 more transparent agencies
7 million farmers
$6+ billion to Ex-Im’s small businesses
5 COMPLETED MCC COMPACTS
$4+ hundred million from OPIC
3 Smart Power Innovations
$2.3 trillion in U.S. exports
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free.

On the 12^thDay of the Holidays,
Smart Power gave to Thee:
12 agencies partnering to bring electricity – to sub-Saharan Africa

11 hundred GPI partners
10 million U.S. jobs from exports
90 million in disaster assistance
8 more transparent agencies
7 million farmers
$6+ billion to Ex-Im’s small businesses
5 COMPLETED MCC COMPACTS
3 Smart Power Innovations
$2.3 trillion in U.S. exports
$2.95 billion exports via USTDA
and the 1 millionth baby born HIV-free

. . . and All FOR just 1% OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET

Oh why not, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Ashley E. (Chandler) Chang

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