Subject: USGLC Board Update: Tonight's Debate
From: "Liz.Schrayer" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:52:12 -0400

Dear Board of Directors,

With tonight's second GOP debate approaching, the USGLC has been working behind the scenes to educate candidates about our issues. As you know, the debate will take place at the Ronald Reagan Library and since all of the candidates are trying to "channel" the former President's "peace through strength" mantra, we decided to lean-in.

The candidates have largely focused on Reagan's military build-up, but what they don't know is that President Reagan's legacy included strong support for foreign assistance. We prepared a brief one-pager, Ronald Reagan and Foreign Assistance<http://www.usglc.org/downloads/2015/09/Reagan-on-Foreign-Assistance.pdf>, which we provided to all of the campaigns, but to amplify the message, we also released two signature pieces yesterday:

§  We conducted a video interview<http://www.usglc.org/2015/09/15/reagans-secretary-of-state-why-foreign-assistance-still-matters/> with USGLC's Advisory Council member, Reagan's Secretary of State George Shultz, where, in two-minutes, he highlights Reagan's legacy in support of development and diplomacy.

§  And USGLC's Advisory Council member, Reagan's Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci penned an op-ed<http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/15/remembering-reagans-foreign-policy-legacy/> in The Daily Caller on the same subject, "Remembering Reagan's Foreign Policy Legacy."

The video and op-ed will appear in four daily editions this week of Politico's popular newsletter, 2016 Blast, which has great reach into the campaign networks and staff. It was wonderful to engage these two statesmen in our work.

Liz
Liz Schrayer, President & CEO

P.S.  If you are on Twitter, please tweet the Carlucci op-ed and the Shultz video.  Here are two suggestions:

§  "Reagan fought those who sought to reduce/eliminate foreign assistance" -#SecDef Frank Carlucci http://bit.ly/1ittX9v via @DailyCaller

§  Ahead of Reagan debate, #SecState George Shultz calls foreign assistance "a big bang for the buck." Watch the video: http://bit.ly/1iNbgO6