Subject: Will global crises be addressed in budget?
From: "Liz Schrayer, USGLC" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:11:39 -0600 (CST)

U.S. Global Leadership Coalition

Dear Hunter,

This Week's Bookends: The State of the Union (SOTU) and the
President's budget
request bookend this week, and partisan bickering continues. Crises
rage from
Yemen to Ukraine, so I expect a heavy dose on foreign policy,
especially given the
GOP forums in IA and CA for 2016 wannabes. Glad to see lots of talk of
the need
for America's global engagement.  

The President gave several shout-outs in the SOTU to smart
international development and renewed his call to end extreme poverty.
But will the budget he unveils next Monday, and ultimately Congress,
provide enough resources to address the enormity of global crises?
Watch for our complete analysis next week.

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=mH1oGSh99wHNm9Ii-2P74g

Tidbits to Keep you in the Know:

*  Bill & Melinda Gates the Betting
Type? Yep, in their annual letter, they wager that in just
15 years, life in developing countries will improve faster than
in any time in history. People will have unprecedented
opportunities to eat nutritious food, get an education, and
raise themselves from poverty. These breakthroughs will largely
be driven by innovations in technology such as mobile
banking. Beyond the many interviews, the Gateses found clever
ways to get the word out, including a viral video courtesy of
Jimmy Fallon.

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=5WT-a0kV_JMRWLG3Ma9q9A
http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=FkYEOcCmqgKvi2HgEaA_rg
http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=1ejj7n6L4_aIVUKV0gqsFg

*  Kerry at Davos: Beating Extremism -
Not on Battlefield. At
the World Economic Forum, Secretary Kerry reminded the elite
crowd how poverty, rampant unemployment, and lack of
government accountability create fertile ground for unrest. To
fight extremists, he said, "the outcome is going to be
determined in classrooms, workplaces, houses of worship,
community centers, urban street corners..." Time to up smart
development investments? 
http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=pVKo7kuueZYvaeCmdPNPbQ

*  Flexing Some Muscle. New GOP Senate committee chairs delved
straight into U.S. global engagement. Senate Armed Services
Chair John McCain launched a series of hearings. This week's
hearings: USGLC National Security Advisory Council members
Admiral William Fallon and General James Mattis, then our
Advisory Council members Henry Kissinger, George Schulz, and
Madeleine Albright, with Kissinger also testifying before new
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Bob Corker.  

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

Recommended read:
Michele Flournoy and Richard Fontaine on a
path to bipartisan foreign policy. Budget week ahead, and the fun
begins.

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=bBXyzy9QVjDay2ghSRyj8Q

Liz

Liz Schrayer
President & CEO, USGLC

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

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