The Center for Global Development website reports on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s development speech, hosted by CGD and delivered yesterday in a packed auditorium at the Peterson Institute in DC.
In a development-focused speech hosted by MFAN partner organization the Center for Global Development, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today laid out her ambitions for the United States’ role in poor countries.
Ahead of Secretary Clinton’s speech this afternoon hosted by the Center for Global Development, Director of Policy & Planning Anne-Marie Slaughter and USAID Administrator Raj Shah briefed reporters on what to expect.
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S.1524, the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act, first introduced by Senators Kerry, Lugar, Menendez, and Corker has gained another Republican cosponsor. Susan Collins, the Republican Senator from Maine, signed on yesterday–bringing the total number of cosponsors up to 23, with 7 Republican Senators.
At Georgetown University on Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a speech about human rights, in which she outlined the President’s agenda for a new century. She connected such universal rights to development, noting that hunger, poverty, and education are all freedoms that everyone worldwide should have access to
Yesterday, MFAN Partner ONE highlighted the cosponsors behind S.1524, the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act. Since its introduction to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in July, the bill now has 22 cosponsors from both parties.
Since its launch last week, the first-ever development community-wide petition aimed at the White House has energized groups and individuals from Camarillo, California to Branchburg, New Jersey and every city in between. The petition drive underscores the need to maintain America’s commitment to fighting poverty and disease worldwide by lending support to President Obama and the team working on the Presidential Study Directive (PSD) on Global Development Policy. The end goal: a global development strategy based on recommendations from the PSD.
Last night before an audience of more than 1,000 guests, the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition – an MFAN partner composed of 400 public- and private-sector leaders and organizations – honored Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her lifelong commitment to public service and her efforts to elevate America’s smart power tools of development and diplomacy.
