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The Weekly GAB  Friday, May 13, 2016
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USGLC in the News

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

To Keep America and Utah Safe and Strong, We Must Invest in Global
Solutions

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Co-Chairs of the USGLC's Utah Advisory Committee, Ambassador Jon
Huntsman Jr., former Ambassador to China, and Representative Jim
Matheson, former Representative from Utah

As the home state to Hill Air Force Base - where so many of our
family members, neighbors and friends serve - we know that
sending our troops into harm's way should always be a last resort.
It's a decision we want to avoid unless it's absolutely essential to
our nation's interest and security. When we teach communities
sustainable farming, provide children access to education and connect
rural areas to electricity, we give developing regions tools for
stability and reduce the ability of extremist voices to gain
influence. Similarly, development and diplomacy are key to increasing
our access to emerging markets. With 95 percent of consumers living
outside our borders, we must focus on how to maximize our profits in
the global economy. Utah exported $18.7 billion in goods and services
abroad last year and 86 percent of those exporting were small and
medium-sized companies. And our international programs are vital to
promoting fairness, reducing corruption and creating stability so
Utah's businesses can invest overseas. We must continue to strengthen
these opportunities.

KUCW (ABC - SALT LAKE CITY)
Forum Focuses on America's Role in Global Economy |

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Glen Mills

Unrest and poverty thousands of miles away can have a direct impact on
life in Utah. At a forum in Salt Lake City hosted by the U.S. Global
Leadership Coalition they discussed solutions and the influence of our
country. "Economically, diplomatically, through development, through
military action and through information," said Advisory Committee
member, Steve Urquhart.The forum brought business leaders, politicians
and military officials together to discuss the impact our country has
on the global market place. The group supports the idea that investing
in foreign development and diplomacy along with defense builds a
better world. "We buy good will with this, we spread democracy, we
spread freedom, we make the world more stable. That is in our
interest, that is money that is very well spent," said Urquhart.

POLITICO INFLUENCE
Jobs Report |

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Isaac Arnsdorf

The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, which advocates for the U.S.
International Affairs Budget, added former Sens. Jon Kyl and Joe
Lieberman and former Gov. Jon Huntsman to its National Advisory
Council last week, bringing the number of former Cabinet officials,
U.S. Senators and Representatives on the council to 60.

Campaign 2016

AGRI-PULSE
Ag Groups Confident Candidates Will Come Around on Trade |

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Spencer Chase

Ag groups are hoping candidates eventually realize the "difference
between campaigning and governing," as National Milk Producers
Federation spokesman Chris Galen puts it. "Whoever is elected in
November... is going to have to shift gears and focus his or her
rhetoric on what they actually have to do as president," Galen told
Agri-Pulse. "Trade policy is certainly one of those issues." Galen
isn't alone in that line of thinking. Jon Doggett, chief lobbyist for
the National Corn Growers Association, said the hope is that once
candidates are elected "some of (the trade rhetoric) will change."
U.S. Grains Council President and CEO Tom Sleight agreed, saying the
"anti-trade climate" on the campaign trails is nothing new and the
best advice, for now, is to "keep your head low." "The rhetoric is
pretty sour right now," he said "Let the conventions get over with,
let the election get over with, and most likely, we'll get back to
kind of a logical discussion on trade." Many ag groups have thrown
their collective weight behind TPP, so electing a president opposed to
the agreement could be a devastating blow.

THE ECONOMIST
Trump's Triumph

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On foreign policy Mr Trump mixes a frustration at the costs of
America's global role, something that has become common after the wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan, with a desire to make the country feared and
respected. Those outside America who dwell on his geographical and
diplomatic ignorance (of which there is plenty) risk missing the
simple principle that animates him. Mr Trump wants to make those
outside America pay the full cost of the hegemonic protection it gives
them. Allies should have to stump up more for American bases on their
soil, and for the costs of equipping and paying the soldiers in them.
It is not correct to call this isolationism, since Mr Trump has also
proposed some foreign adventures, including the occupation of Iraq and
seizure of its oilfields. Rather it is a Roman vision of foreign
policy, in which the rest of the world's role is to send tribute to
the capital and be grateful for the garrisons... America's allies will
watch the polls fearfully: whether at the UN Security Council or at
bilateral talks in Beijing, Mr Trump's spectre will loom over every
meeting between America and a foreign power between now and November
8th.

USA TODAY

Sen. Bob Corker Says He's Willing to Advise Donald Trump on Foreign
Policy |

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Mary Troyan

The Tennessee Republican said Trump called him last week and he and
Trump's campaign staff have talked since then, most recently on
Thursday night. "I think he is well-aware now that he has to move into
a period of really laying out more substantial policies and certainly
as he evolves, to the extent we can be helpful and flesh those out, we
are more than glad to do so," Corker said in a Thursday interview.

Who's in the News

TIME
John Kerry's Northeastern University Commencement Address

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Kerry: "So all of us need to do much more to build relationships with
partners overseas, to deliver assistance to families and communities
abroad, to promote stability worldwide. And we need to do this not
because it is morally right, which it is; not just because it's in
keeping with our national ethos, which is also true; but because our
own security and prosperity demand it. My friends, we are blessed to
live in a country with a $17 trillion economy, and yet we spend just
one penny on every dollar of our federal budget on all of our foreign
aid."

THE HILL
Emergency Spending Not Needed for International Crises

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Senator James Lankford, junior Senator from Oklahoma

When Congress and the administration allow the budget to contain
programs with limited interest to U.S. national security, important
relief efforts in Syria are pushed through emergency war spending
accounts, such as "overseas contingency operations." These accounts
are not subject to the budgetary caps set in the bipartisan Budget
Control Act of 2011, creating immense uncertainty among our aid
agencies, on-the-ground implementers and partner countries because
they are not an enduring account in the budget. Important relief
efforts to violent crises should be the first thing budgeted in the
foreign affairs account, not the last. When we have long-term foreign
policy objectives, we should provide long-term budget solutions to
match, rather than take the easy political road of budgeting through
emergency spending accounts. Congress should work with the executive
branch to prioritize worthy spending programs - like the Syrian
relief efforts and response to Zika - and cut the programs that
are wasteful, duplicative or simply not as essential.

THE TENNESSEAN
Sen. Corker Holds Key to Genocide Prevention

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Claude Gatebuke, Rwandan genocide survivor and executive director and
co-founder of the African Great Lakes Action Network in Nashville

The global community, including the United States, is still very much
focused on responding to crises rather than preventing them from
breaking out in the first place. As overwhelming as genocide
prevention sounds, something can be done. Right now, the U.S. Senate
is considering the Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, a
bipartisan bill that would allow the U.S. government to respond
quickly and efficiently to the warning signs of violent conflict. Our
own Sen. Bob Corker is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, which has jurisdiction over this bill. Senator Corker has
been a champion of a strong U.S. foreign policy and national security
and should work to pass this bill out of his committee and send it to
the full Senate for a vote. If passed, GAPA would establish a
framework for government agency coordination, training and flexibility
that is crucial to stop smoldering tensions from erupting into
full-fledged atrocities. GAPA would help ensure the U.S. government
takes prevention seriously, and it would save taxpayer dollars, save
lives and bolster U.S. national security interests.

Development & Diplomacy

AGRI-PULSE
Ending Global Malnutrition: Opportunities for American Leadership

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Shawn Baker, Director of the Nutrition team at the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation

Globally, malnutrition is still afflicting millions of families and
communities. It is an underlying cause of nearly half of child deaths
worldwide - meaning millions of children who are killed by preventable
diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria would have survived
if they had not been malnourished. Of the children who do survive, 160
million face stunted growth due to malnutrition, which can impair
neurological development and prevent them from reaching their full
physical, intellectual and economic potential over the course of their
lives. Beyond the irreversible damage malnutrition does to
individuals, its impact on a country's economy can be similarly
devastating-estimates suggest that in low- and middle-income
countries, the effects of malnutrition can decrease economic growth by
between 2 and 11 percent.

BLOOMBERG
U.S. Donates $128 Million in Aid for Ethiopia's Drought Crisis |

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William Davison

The funds will pay for food, water, malnutrition treatment, mobile
health teams and seeds, Acting Assistant Administrator for the Bureau
of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Thomas Staal told
reporters in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, on Friday.
Ethiopia needs $1.4 billion this year for the crisis precipitated by
the El Nino weather system, about half of which has been received.
USAID said it has given almost $705 million since October 2014, while
Ethiopia's government has contributed $381 million, according to
Mitiku Kassa, the head of its disaster risk management commission.

REUTERS
Gates Foundation Backs Takeda Polio Vaccine with $38 Million Grant |

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Kate Kelland

As part of a global plan to eradicate the crippling disease, of which
experts say the world could see the last case this year, countries
will need to switch from using oral polio vaccine to using so-called
inactivated polio vaccine to ensure the disease does not reappear.
Experts fear a substantial worldwide shortage of IPV once every
country in the world is ready to make the switch, and polio
eradication strategists have been looking at how to avert that
shortfall by encouraging new manufacturers into the sector. Chris
Elias, the Gates Foundation's head of global development, said the
partnership would help "ensure that the world has enough vaccine to
get the job done and maintain a polio-free world".

Politics & Foreign Policy

POLITICO
Colombia's Dilemma |

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Victoria Guida

The Colombian government is worried that the United States will cut
off funding for the country's peace negotiations if it issues a
compulsory license allowing manufacturers to break the patent of a
best-selling drug from Novartis, cancer medication Gleevec. The Obama
administration hasn't made any public threats about repercussions for
the Gleevec initiative, although the U.S. has previously put Colombia
on notice about its handling of intellectual property rights for
pharmaceuticals. But... the Colombian Embassy's deputy chief of
mission, Andrés Flórez, expressed fears of broad U.S. ramifications
should his government follow through with its plan for Gleevec.

THE WASHINGTON POST
Obama To Make Historic Visit to Hiroshima |

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David Nakamura

The White House formally announced the visit Tuesday after weeks of
speculation that Obama would stop in the city after attending the
Group of 7 economic summit in Ise-Shima. The president is expected to
deliver a speech on nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will join Obama on the visit, where the
president will "highlight his continued commitment to pursuing the
peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons," the White
House said in a statement.

NPR
Why Many Midwestern Farmers Are Pro-TPP |

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Kristofer Husted

A coalition of more than 200 agriculture groups recently drafted an
open letter urging congressional leaders to approve the TPP, saying
the trade deal will help U.S. farmers stay competitive in an
increasingly crowded world market. Free trade agreements remove
tariffs on products we import, but also on food grown here that we
export to other markets. That opens the door to get more beef,
soybeans and rice into other countries at more competitive prices.
John says the TPP could ultimately put money in farmers' pockets by
allowing them better access to consumers in Asian countries with a
taste for American beef. "The Asian markets are showing a huge
increase in demand for beef," he says. "In particular, the grain-fed
U.S. beef is highly prized in places where that beef demand is
growing." The 11 countries along the Pacific Rim that are parties in
the TPP already take in more than 40 percent of American agricultural
exports. That's worth a whopping $63 billion, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. The TPP could add an additional $3 billion
to that figure.

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