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The Weekly GAB Friday, November 11, 2016
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USGLC in the News

DESERET NEWS
Diplomacy and Development Vital to Saving Lives

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Lew Cramer is the CEO of Coldwell Banker Commercial Intermountain and
Steve Urquhart was a member of the Utah State Legislature from 2001 to
2016. Both are members of the Utah Advisory Committee of the U.S.
Global Leadership Coalition.

Today there are more refugees fleeing violence and disasters since
World War II. We are confronted with the spread of Zika, conflicts
raging in Syria and South Sudan and too many children in the clutches
of poverty and famine. In the face of these crises, we urge the Utah
delegation in Congress to continue to strengthen our
international-affairs programs that provide relief and opportunity to
the most vulnerable. Supporting development and diplomacy is the smart
thing to do for our economy and security - and the right thing
to do for our neighbors around the world.

THE SUN-SENTINEL
Global Engagement Key Issue for Floridians

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Ron Klein was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007
to 2011. Will Weatherford was Speaker of the Florida House of
Representatives from 2012 to 2014. Both are members of the U.S. Global
Leadership Coalition's Florida Advisory Committee.

As we inch closer to Election Day, it can look like Democrats and
Republicans are more divided than ever before. And while the two of us
have spent our careers on opposite sides of the aisle -
literally - we do find common ground on one particular issue:
strengthening America's global leadership. From fighting Zika here in
Florida to combating ISIS in the Middle East, our world is
increasingly interconnected and confronted by new and growing global
threats. The United States simply cannot afford to retreat.

Transition 2016

FOREIGN POLICY

The Top Contenders for Donald Trump's Foreign-Policy Cabinet |

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John Hudson and Colum Lynch

Tuesday's victory by Donald Trump stunned the political
establishment in Washington - but so too might the
president-elect's picks for top cabinet secretary positions.
Early on in his campaign, the Republican businessman sent a warning
shot to the party's old guard by promising to hire "new
voices" instead of gray-haired apparatchiks "who have
perfect résumés but very little to brag about except responsibility
for a long history of failed policies and continued losses at
war."

USA TODAY
Total Global Disbelief as Trump is Elected President |

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Kim Hjelmgaard

America decided and the world made clear it was the wrong decision.
Donald Trump entered the 2016 presidential race as an underdog. His
surprise victory over Hillary Clinton prompted foreign observers to
say that their worst fears about the contentious U.S. election were
realized. "After Brexit and this election, anything is now possible. A
world is crumbling before our eyes. Vertigo," France's ambassador to
the U.S., Gerard Araud, tweeted as it became clear that the
billionaire businessman and reality TV star would win the world's most
powerful post.

TIME
Former NATO Supreme Commander on Trump and Security: Buckle Up |
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Admiral James Stavridis

The good news is that the President-elect has broad executive
experience, a businessman's direct approach to dealing with
turbulence and a distinctive style of negotiations in which he reposes
plenty of confidence. The bad news is that the challenges are
worrisomely real, nearly intractable and full of contradictions.
Buckle up.

THE WASHINGTON POST
What President Trump's Foreign Policy Will Look Like |

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David Ignatius

Donald Trump proclaimed "America First" on his way to his
head-spinning victory in Tuesday's presidential election, and
the success of that message will rock many foreign capitals where
leaders have feared that Trump would alter the basics of U.S. foreign
policy. Making predictions about Trump's foreign policy is
difficult, given his lack of experience. But the most likely bet is
that as president he will seek to do what he promised during the
campaign in breaking from current U.S. approaches to Russia, the
Middle East, Europe and Asia.

NPR
From AIDS to Zika: Trump on Global Health and Humanitarian Aid |

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Malaka Gharib

No one knows what the Trump administration has planned for U.S.
foreign aid programs and other global initiatives that fight poverty
and disease. There are some topics that Donald Trump has not
addressed. Global advocacy groups such as the ONE Campaign have tried
to get Trump to share his ideas of how to "tackle extreme poverty" on
the record. After a year of campaigning, he still hasn't responded.
But the president-elect has commented on a number of global issues.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Uncertainty Over Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Risks Global
Instability |

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Max Fisher

Whether or not Donald J. Trump follows through on his campaign pledges
to diminish or possibly abandon American commitments to security
alliances such as NATO, his election victory forces nations around the
world to begin preparing for the day they can no longer count on the
American-backed order. This creates a danger that derives less from
Mr. Trump's words, which are often inconsistent or difficult to
parse, than from the inability to predict his actions or how other
states might respond to them.

Development & Diplomacy

NPR
Haiti Launches Largest-Ever Cholera Vaccination Campaign |

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Jason Beaubien

Haiti on Tuesday launched the largest emergency cholera vaccination
campaign ever attempted. The plan is to try to vaccinate 800,000
people in parts of the country devastated by Hurricane Matthew.
Immediately after the Category 4 storm tore across southwest Haiti
last month, the number of reported cholera cases across the country
shot up dramatically. In some storm-ravaged areas it jumped tenfold.
Nationwide, the number of new cases went from roughly 75 a day to well
over 200.

FOREIGN POLICY
The Coming Humanitarian Crisis in Mosul, by the Numbers |

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Robbie Gramer

While all eyes are on the U.S. presidential race, Washington's
foreign policy machine is grappling with a 'day-after'
humanitarian crisis in a northern Iraqi city poised for liberation
from the Islamic State. As Iraqi security forces fight their way
street-by-street into the ISIS stronghold of Mosul, the United States,
United Nations, and international NGOs are mustering as much
preparation as possible to deal with the aftermath of the city's
liberation. "We've known for weeks and months
[Mosul's liberation] is coming," a senior State Department
official told reporters during a Monday call. As such, the
international community has "one of the best prepared responses
to a humanitarian emergency that is expected that we have seen,
certainly in a long time," another senior State Department
official added.

THE HILL
Ask George W. Bush How to Set a High Bar for American Greatness

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Bridget Johnson is a Senior fellow with the news and public policy
group, Haym Salomon Center and D.C. bureau chief for PJ Media.

Bush, who has been working to provide cervical cancer screenings and
HPV vaccines in Africa since leaving the Oval Office, said in 2015
that he found it "morally unacceptable for the United States to
stand aside while millions of people died from a disease we could
treat." In that single quote, with his legacy of action on the
crisis, Bush illuminated what makes America great. America is greatest
and strongest when it extends a hand to those who, by political
conventional wisdom, it should care about the least. A good America
does not equal a weak America. A compassionate America is not a losing
America. And humanitarian crises don't happen in a vacuum Bush
rightly pointed out that healthy, whole societies make stable economic
and security partners, while those crumbling under crises are prone to
become "exporters of danger."

Politics & Foreign Policy

CNN

US, Turkey Agree to Develop Long-Term Plan to Seize, Govern Syria's
Raqqa |
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Schams Elwazer and Tim Hume

American and Turkish military leaders have agreed to develop a
long-term plan for "seizing, holding and governing" the de facto ISIS
capital of Raqqa in northern Syria, the US Department of Defense's
news service reported Sunday. "The coalition and Turkey will work
together on the long-term plan for seizing, holding and governing
Raqqa," Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford
said after meeting his Turkish counterpart Army Gen. Hulusi Akar in
the Turkish capital Ankara on Sunday, according to DoD News. Dunford's
visit came after the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces -- which
include several Kurdish militant groups that Turkey considers
terrorists -- announced the launch of their military campaign,
"Euphrates Rage," to seize Raqqa from ISIS.

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Three Big Items Left on Obama's Foreign Policy Agenda |

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David Ignatius

President Barack Obama should focus on three foreign policy
challenges, post-election, to finish fights that began on his watch.
These include setting rules for cyber behavior with Russia and other
nations, pressing on toward Raqqa, Syria, and the destruction of the
Islamic State, and a "Hail Mary" effort to pass the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) trade deal during the lame-duck session of Congress.
The most delicate challenge during the transition involves Russia,
whose pre-election hacking of Democratic Party websites was the most
destabilizing and potentially dangerous great-power confrontation in
decades.

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
Russia Says It Wants to Restore Relations With U.S. After Election |

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Curt Mills

As American voters go to the polls, the Kremlin said Tuesday it was
looking forward to "restoring" relations with the United States after
the vote. "We will be ready to move forward in developing and
restoring relations [with the U.S.]," said Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin
spokesman, in remarks reported by Russian news agencies. "Insofar as
our American partners are ready for this," he added. But on the
question of whether the United States has to make the first step,
Peskov replied.

THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Kerry: State 'Pushing Every Aspect' of Obama's Foreign Policy |

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Joel Gehrke

Secretary of State John Kerry pledged Wednesday that he and the rest
of the American diplomatic corps will "continue pushing every aspect"
of President Obama's foreign policy until President-elect Donald Trump
takes office. "The pace of events across the globe does not allow for
timeouts," Kerry wrote in a letter to State Department employees. "Our
goal should be to continue pushing every aspect of our foreign policy
forward between now and when the new leadership team takes office."


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