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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...

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recently called on Capitol Hill to recognize “the critical role that agencies like State and AID play” and provide the resources needed in the International Affairs Budget to restore the drop in civilian...

Last Friday, August 13th, nearly 500 people gathered at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, WA, to hear USAID Administrator Shah discuss the role of technology and innovation in development with a panel of leaders from the local development...

The USGLC has launched its Veterans for Smart Power movement, an effort to enlist America’s greatest heroes for the greatest mission yet: supporting a foreign policy that elevates diplomacy and development alongside defense as the three pillars of...

President Obama announced yesterday that he will nominate Jack Lew to take over for Peter Orszag as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. In his current position, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Lew plays a key...

Speaking of the Veterans for Smart Power movement, General Michael W. Hagee, USMC (Ret.) and Admiral James M. Loy USCG (Ret.), co-chairs of USGLC’s National Security Advisory Council said, “We are proud to serve as co-chairs of the U.S. Global...

Last week, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen took the extraordinary step of writing Speaker Pelosi and Senator Majority Leader Reid in support of the International Affairs budget. The letter is frank in its language, asserting that diplomacy and...

Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel with Lockheed Martin said the International Affairs Budget is “preventive medicine” for the global economy, and the programs it funds are a “toolbox for global security and economic prosperity.”  To bring home the...

It’s Foreign Affairs Day, and another opportunity to discuss why the International Affairs Budget is so crucial for our national security, economic prosperity and humanitarian values as a nation.