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USGLC in the News

FOX 45

Forum at Wright State Brings Local Leaders Together to Discuss
National Security |

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Gabi Warwick

A special forum at Wright State University Friday brought local
leaders together to brainstorm ideas to improve national security.
More than 100 people including Congressman Mike Turner (R - District
10) also discussed how to create new opportunities for businesses in
Ohio... "We should look at our involvement in international affairs
and in that worldwide conversation," he said, "because if our ideas
are not expressed, we know that others who have ideas not like ours
will." The group was brought together by the U.S. Global Leadership
Coalition.

Who's in the News

THE NEW YORK TIMES

We Were Making Headway on Global Poverty. What's About to
Change?

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Bill Gates and Melinda Gates, Founders of the Gates Foundation

As extreme poverty disappears from many places, including China and
India and, increasingly, many countries in Africa, it gets more and
more concentrated in the most challenging places in the world...
Second, these dozen countries are growing faster than every other
place in the world... This dual phenomenon of persistent poverty in
fast-growing places explains why, by 2050, more than 40 percent of the
extremely poor people on the planet are projected to live in just two
countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria... What will
it take to help all these young people change the future of their
countries? We can learn from what has worked in the past: investments
in people, especially their health and education, and in innovation.

THE HILL
America First Is America Last in Shaping Our Foreign Assistance

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Dan Glickman, Vice President, Aspen Institute; Fmr. U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture

Foreign assistance is one of the most important ways we can protect
our interests, promote democratic governance, grow our economy and
show the world that we are still its most indispensible country... But
this isn't just welfare, this is about building strong allies, opening
emerging markets to American investment and products, and holding back
the forces of terrorism seeking to recruit the vulnerable.

AXIOS
At UN, More Evidence That Trump Is Losing the World

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Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations

President Trump's speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday morning
depicted a United States under siege, finally pushing back after years
of unfair trade pacts and free riding among allies. Clear warnings
were issued: He rejected the International Criminal Court -
echoing John Bolton's speech two weeks ago - and the new
global migration compact; from now on, foreign aid would go only to
those the secretary of state deems friends.

Development & Diplomacy

THE WASHINGTON POST

Trump Keeps Threatening to End Foreign Aid for Disloyal Countries.
Here's Why It Hasn't Happened. |

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John Hudson and Josh Dawsey

For several weeks, a senior official at the National Security Council,
Kevin Harrington, has led a review of U.S. foreign aid policy aimed at
putting into practice Trump's "America First" mantra
and adjusting foreign aid priorities in the budget for fiscal 2020...
A key tension in the foreign aid review has been balancing two main
priorities: reserving U.S. financial assistance for America's
"friends" while addressing China's growing clout in
the developing world, where it has doled out hundreds of billions of
dollars in loans for construction projects involving ports, roads,
railways, bridges and power grids... Historically, U.S. aid has never
been totally divorced from political considerations, but tying it
directly to loyalty remains controversial even among conservative
scholars.

DEVEX
US Foreign Aid Policy Must Be Bipartisan, Lawmakers Say |

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Teresa Welsh

The co-chairs of the United States Congressional Caucus for Effective
Foreign Assistance made a strong case for bipartisan support of
foreign assistance programs the day after President Donald Trump
questioned the return of aid investments in his speech at the United
Nations General Assembly... "We looked at foreign aid being cut,
and I agree 100 percent with [U.S. Secretary of Defense] General
[James] Mattis, if you cut foreign aid, go ahead and the money you
thought you saved buy more ammunition 'cause you're going
to need it," Yoho said, noting the importance of Congress'
role in institutionalizing foreign assistance tools that a president
"can't change at a whim."

THE FINANCIAL TIMES
US Development Finance Needs Urgent Upgrading |
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Editorial Board

In the face of hyperactive Chinese lending, America needs to upgrade
the financing tools at its disposal if it is to maintain its influence
in the developing world... Legislation that will modernise and expand
the role of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, or Opic, the
government development agency that handles private sector lending
abroad, is due before the Senate. Long in the making, senators should
push it through... The expanded Opic will consolidate several
development agencies under one roof. It will double the agency's
cap on contingent liabilities to $60bn and allow investments in local
currencies where dollar denomination is risky.

BLOOMBERG
A Foreign Adventure Worth America's Money |

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Editorial Board

Good news in a tumultuous week: Congress is poised to expand a program
that will boost aid to poor countries, project American values
overseas, balance China's rising influence, and (not least)
offer taxpayers a tidy profit... On Wednesday, as part of a
reauthorization bill, the House passed a measure that will consolidate
several development-finance agencies into one. The new entity would
have about $60 billion in lending capacity, or roughly double that of
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which it would subsume...
There's every reason to think that the new entity, to be called
the International Development Finance Corporation, would only improve
on this record, and have plenty of other benefits besides.

DEVEX
In Trump's US Aid Review, Can Development Principles Prevail? |

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Michael Igoe

Members of the U.S. development community have been struggling to
track down details about the Trump administration's foreign
assistance review for weeks. Some of them had previously worried the
president might highlight the review at the U.N. before development
professionals had any chance to weigh in... Trump's message
about the purpose of foreign aid - compelling countries to
consider America's interests - struck a discordant note in
a speech that otherwise emphasized national sovereignty and
leaders' responsibility to act on behalf of their own citizens.

THE WASHINGTON POST
Foreign Aid as a Cash-Only Transaction? It's Worth a Try. |

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Christine Emba

"The United States is the world's largest giver in the
world, by far, of foreign aid," said President Trump during his
address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday... But trumpeting
- or, in Trump's case, complaining about - the big
numbers leaves an essential question unanswered: Are we giving our
money well? ... It may well be that our complex, traditional programs
aren't more helpful than just giving the money we spend on them
to recipients to use as they see fit. And giving cash in larger
amounts could be transformational , if we can bring ourselves to do
it... Maybe it is time to rethink the idea that we know better what
other people need. Maybe the best way to help is to let the people
decide how to help themselves.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Pompeo Adds to Ranks of Envoys with Specialized Missions |

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Michael R. Gordon

When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is at the United Nations this week
for a marathon round of talks, he will be joined by a cadre of special
envoys who have been chosen to spearhead diplomacy on some of the
world's most vexing issues... Mr. Pompeo has established a
special envoy for Iran policy, one for the North Korea nuclear talks
and two for the crisis in Syria... Though previous administrations
have used special envoys, Mr. Pompeo has vigorously embraced the
concept. The entire team will be in New York for the U.N. gathering,
which will give Mr. Pompeo's approach a field test.

Politics & Foreign Policy

AXIOS
Trump at the UN: "Few Give Anything to Us" |

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Dave Lawler

President Trump defended his foreign policy today at the United
Nations General Assembly, pledging more sanctions on Iran, further
steps in the trade war with China, and a review of U.S. foreign
assistance because "few give anything to us." The theme of Trump's
speech was sovereignty, a point he summed up by saying the U.S. will
not "tell you how to live and work and worship" so long as "you
respect our sovereignty in return." He went after global institutions
like the International Criminal Court and UN Human Rights Council,
saying, "We reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the
doctrine of patriotism." Trump described his foreign policy as one of
"'principled realism" with no regard for "old
dogmas" and "so-called experts."

AP NEWS
Pompeo Says 'Dawn of New Day' with North Korea |

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Matthew Lee

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the world stands at the
"dawn of a new day" in relations with North Korea. He told
the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that President Donald
Trump's diplomatic breakthrough with North Korean leader Kim
Jong Un has led to a point where the nuclear threat from the country
could soon be resolved. But he stressed that international sanctions
against North Korea must continue to be vigorously enforced if the
diplomacy is to be successful.

VANITY FAIR

"It Was All Going O.K. Until the Press Conference": At the U.N.,
Diplomats Grapple With a Diminished Trump |

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Abigail Tracy

More important from the perspective of the General Assembly, was what
Trump's manic performance suggested about America's diminished power
on the world stage. The president of the United States, far from
representing U.S. hegemony, looked weak and small... The problem isn't
that other heads of state don't take Trump seriously, the foreign
diplomat said, but that many have given up on working with his
administration, and no longer care about giving the U.S. president
their respect... The leadership void has elevated regional powers like
France and Germany in Europe, Russia and Saudi Arabia in the Middle
East, and China in Asia.

CNBC

China Reveals Its New Party Line: We're Trying to Save the World From
the US |

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Yen Nee Lee

China hit out against the U.S. in a 71-page paper, accusing President
Donald Trump's administration of "trade bullyism practices" that have
become "the greatest source of uncertainty and risk for the recovery
of the global economy." Beijing called out Washington for practices
that it said inhibit fair competition in the U.S. - such as
subsidies - and allegedly abusing national security laws to
obstruct the "normal investment activities" of Chinese companies on
American shores. Of note, those claims from China's leadership mirror
exactly what many experts say Beijing has, in fact, done. Yet despite
the longstanding evidence of Chinese protectionism, the Monday white
paper sought to position Asia's largest economy as the global
standard-bearer for fair trade.

THE WASHINGTON POST

China Is Challenging the U.S. in the Horn of Africa - and
Washington Is Silent |

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Josh Rogin

The Horn of Africa has become a strategic linchpin for the United
States, so the fact that China has dramatically escalated its
involvement there presents a daunting challenge for U.S. policymakers.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the tiny country of Djibouti,
where Beijing is aggressively expanding its influence... The Chinese
military base is only one part of a steady encroachment into Djibouti
that now threatens the diplomatic and national security interests of
the United States and its allies... What's new is that, under
President Xi Jinping, Beijing now has the power, influence and
intention to combine its economic, diplomatic and military
interference in Africa to wide-ranging effect.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Trade Deal Could Move Ahead Without Canada, U.S. Official Says |

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William Mauldin

The Trump administration's top trade negotiator threatened to
move forward with a bilateral accord with Mexico amid a lack of
progress with Canada on renegotiating the North American Free Trade
Agreement. "Canada's not making concessions in areas we
think are essential," U.S. Trade Representative Robert
Lighthizer said on Tuesday at a conference on the sidelines of the
United Nations General Assembly... Dropping Canada from a new Nafta
would face opposition from businesses and their allies in Congress,
which must ratify any renegotiated treaty before it can take effect...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable and National
Association of Manufacturers last week sent a letter to Mr. Lighthizer
asking for Nafta's trilateral architecture to be preserved.

THE NEW YORK TIMES
'America First' Has Won

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Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution

President Trump may not enjoy majority support these days, but
there's good reason to believe that his "America
First" approach to the world does. There has been no popular
outcry against Mr. Trump's trade battles with Canada, Mexico and
the European allies... The old consensus about America's role as
upholder of global security has collapsed in both parties... But
Republican voters follow Mr. Trump in seeking better ties, accepting
Moscow's forcible annexation of Crimea and expanding influence
in the Middle East... Democrats might seem to be rallying behind the
liberal order, but much of this is just opposition to Mr.
Trump's denigration of it.


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