Subject: Foggy Bottom's New Chief
From: "Liz Schrayer" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 13:29:45 -0600 (CST)

U.S. Global Leadership Coalition

Dear Hunter,

This
week marks a changing of the guard at Foggy Bottom as John Kerry took
over the reins from Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. 
Fortunately, Secretary Kerry has been an
unwavering proponent of our development and diplomatic programs, but
as he said
Monday, "I have some big heels to fill." 
As we await decisions regarding key positions, here is a quick profile
on
Secretary Kerry. 
http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=Silpqcy9JQUFB6dABgo-4g

As musical chairs plays out in
Washington, here are few other items of interest:

USGLC-freshman-video.jpg

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=-M5SNKQxI8XNFuNHwIeekw

Educating
the Freshmen - With 50
percent of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and one-third of the
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee new, we certainly have our work cut out
for us.  To engage these new players, along with the
record number of freshmen, we hosted Madeleine Albright with
seven new
Senators, organized a Capitol Hill day next week with our leadership,
and released
a short welcome video for the freshmen with champions like
http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=26v-XbVRaCr02QesY4E20g

Senator Marco Rubio
(R-FL) and Condoleezza Rice talking about the importance of American
leadership. 

Budget Watch - The budget
situation remains incredibly complicated, so last week
I put together a Budget Watch blog
outlining some different scenarios of what we can expect.  It
appears that sequestration may likely be
triggered starting March 1, which would mean an approximate 5.1%
reduction to
the International Affairs Budget.  The
best scenario is still an overall spending bill, but that is looking
increasingly unlikely.
http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=bLiafV0Eyo_IARntFK2dbw

A New Co-President - I'm thrilled that Carolyn
Miles, CEO & President of Save the
Children, has agreed to serve as the new co-president of our board,
along with
Caterpillar's Bill Lane.  Carolyn and
Bill will be a dynamic duo in leading our efforts, and I hope
you'll take a moment
to hear from Carolyn in this brief video blog.
http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=87f1DOvFhUvE_IW6bn6Irg

I will keep you updated on all of these items, particularly as we get
closer to the March 1 sequestration deadline. 

Liz Schrayer
Executive Director

P.S.  Think the
power outage during the Super Bowl was bad?  Think about the 6 in
10
people in Sub-Saharan Africa who don't have power at all.
 Check out our Super
Bowl Infographic if you haven't already for more fun
facts. 

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=Ohkq89JXtPZnxC-AKEOwHw

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