News Articles
Transition to Civilian-Led Operations in Iraq
By Jordan Smith at 19 August, 2010, 1:16 pm
“Transition to Civilian-Led Operations in Iraq: This Time It’s for Real”
By Laura Hall
Budget Insight
August 12, 2010
The continuing reports on the difficulties of the transition from military to civilian responsibilities in Iraq expose several key issues that remain unaddressed. Others will write on the political situation, regional power struggles, the overall strategy, the risks of leaving [...]
Development Aid is Working
By Jordan Smith at 10 June, 2010, 1:28 pm
Mark Suzman
“Development Aid is Working”
Huffington Post
June 3, 2010
As the world crawls out of the Great Recession, there has been much hand-wringing about the plight of the world’s poor: how during the crisis the number of hungry people has soared over 1 billion for the first time, how the scourge of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases [...]
Congress Hears from USGLC in the Field
By Jordan Smith at 2 March, 2010, 1:38 pm
USGLC activists took advantage of members of Congress being home during the President’s Day recess and reminded them how important the International Affairs Budget is to their communities. Key leaders such as House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt (D-SC) and Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) heard from SC USGLC leaders who drove home the message [...]
Budget Debates Move to Capitol Hill
By Jordan Smith at 2 March, 2010, 1:31 pm
On Wednesday, Feb. 24th, USGLC leaders took Capitol Hill by storm, meeting with over 30 Senators and Representatives on the House and Senate Budget Committees to let them know how important the President’s FY 2011 International Affairs Budget request is to our national security, economic growth, and standing in the world. From General Electric [...]
Development and Diplomacy Reviews Still Underway
By Jordan Smith at 12 February, 2010, 9:43 am
The USGLC continues to actively monitor the administration’s efforts to examine U.S. development and diplomacy operations and articulate a government-wide global development policy approach.
The Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), led by Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew and co-chair USAID Administrator Raj Shah, is seeking to create a long-term blueprint for State, USAID and [...]
South Carolina Begins Putting Smart Power to Work
By Jordan Smith at 9 February, 2010, 12:38 pm
A who’s who from the military, business and faith-based communities of the state came together to discuss how important a smart power foreign policy approach is to South Carolina’s security and prosperity at a statewide event in Columbia, on January 28th. Co-hosted by the USGLC and the University of South Carolina, the event featured President [...]
Petraeus endorses ’smart power’ concept as key weapon in terror war
By Jordan Smith at 4 February, 2010, 12:55 pm
Petraeus Endorses ‘Smart Power’ Concept as Key Weapon in Terror War (Robbyn Mitchelle – St. Petersberg Times; February 4, 2010)
TAMPA — Hours after three U.S. troops were killed in a convoy bombing in northwestern Pakistan, Gen. David Petraeus talked to a crowd of nearly 600 people Wednesday evening about utilizing “smart power” and the [...]
Obama 2011 Request: State Department
By Jordan Smith at 2 February, 2010, 11:53 am
Obama 2011 Request: State Department (Mary Beth Sheridan – Washington Post; February 2, 2010)
The State Department is one of the few winners in the president’s proposed 2011 budget, with funding for the department and related international programs rising to $58 billion. That amounts to a 2.8 percent increase, assuming Congress approves a pending supplemental [...]
Obama Boosts Budget for State Department
By Jordan Smith at 2 February, 2010, 11:30 am
Obama boosts budget for State Dept (Nicholas Kralev – Washington Times; February 02, 2010)
President Obama on Monday proposed a $5 billion increase in the State Department’s 2011 budget, most of which is intended for programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq — the only three countries to also benefit from an additional $4.5 billion this year. [...]
A Better Week for Haiti
By Jordan Smith at 29 January, 2010, 6:52 pm
A Better Week for Haiti – And With These Reforms, a Far Better Future (Charles MacCormack – Huffington Post; January 29, 2009)
The needs of Haitian children and families remain great. But this was a good week for Haiti by some measures: More medical care and relief supplies are reaching those who have lost so much, and [...]
