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So what do two former four-star Commandants and a top CEO have in
common? They just took to the pages of TIME and FOXNews.com
challenging all three remaining presidential candidates on why U.S.
engagement overseas matters.

I am pleased to share what they had to say - along with other
interesting tidbits - in the USGLC's new GLOBAL GAB, a
quick snapshot to help you stay up to speed on what's happening
when politics and foreign policy meet.

Welcome your feedback and any items to include next time.

Best,

Liz
Liz Schrayer, USGLC

THE GLOBAL GAB: Top Brass Challenge Candidates, Mosquito Mayhem,
Dueling Foreign Policy Speeches
June 6, 2016

SMART READS. Former Commandants of the Marines and Coast Guard -
General James Conway and Admiral James Loy - just made the case
in TIME Magazine for why threats "have become more resistant to
bullets" and how development and diplomacy are vital for keeping
us safe. Check out their 3 Lessons for the Next Commander-in-Chief.
Also, business leader
http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=xcB-SudNrni9JPnblkicFg

Andrew Tisch, Co-Chairman of the Loews Corporation, highlights the
powerful economic benefits of foreign assistance in a FOX News op-ed:
"America can't afford to retreat. We need more influence
overseas-not less."

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=6e6axWgE8FuYouLJ2ztPEQ

THE SAN DIEGO SPEECH. While much has been written about Hillary
Clinton's foreign policy address - the first since Donald
Trump emerged as the presumptive GOP nominee - an interesting
comment came from George W. Bush's former communications chief
who remarked that "this was a speech that Jeb Bush or Marco
Rubio or Lindsey Graham could have given." In outlining her 7
foreign policy pillars, Clinton stated that "we need to embrace
all the tools of American power, especially diplomacy and
development." In a factsheet, the campaign highlighted her work
on modernizing "development and assistance programs" and
making women's empowerment "central to American foreign
policy."

ICYMI - TRUMP ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. Following Trump's
recent foreign policy speech, he weighed in on our nation's
humanitarian and foreign assistance programs for the first time in an
interview with Greta Van Susteren. He noted "if we don't
help" countries facing disasters, then it would create
"bigger problems." On aid to countries like Pakistan, he
said "we don't want to see total instability,"
adding that the alternative could be more expensive and end up on the
"other side of the ledger... could really be a
disaster." In the case of assistance to countries struggling
with poverty, Trump said he would "try to keep some of these
countries going" while underscoring the domestic and fiscal
challenges facing the U.S.

ONE WORD. An interesting word used to describe Trump's foreign
policy: Not "isolationist" but "minimalist"
- Council of Foreign Relations President Richard Haass on
CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS yesterday.

MOSQUITO MAYHEM. As lawmakers come back from recess, the showdown in
Washington over Zika funding continues to buzz. Both the House and
Senate recently passed differing proposals and are still nearly $500
million apart. With less than 26 legislative days left before Congress
goes on recess for the national party conventions in July and 60 days
before the Summer Olympics in Brazil, health experts are increasingly
concerned. As former Ebola Czar Ron Klain wrote in the Washington Post
recently, "Zika is not 'coming' to the United
States: It is already here."

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=cdLFPW01guQpYtGMtGU2Zg

DATAPOINT. Six years ago, 1,100 people were displaced per day
worldwide. Latest figures report it's 42,500 per day - the
largest refugee crisis since World War II.

THE BEEHIVE STATE. The USGLC launched its 25th State Advisory
Committee in Utah last month with a timely op-ed in the Salt Lake City
Tribune by our new bipartisan co-chairs, former Governor Jon Huntsman
and Rep. Jim Matheson - plus a powerhouse event with Rep. Chris
Stewart.

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=7bDUXQXKxc2_83bemOsUgA

WHAT TO WATCH. Trump could offer a formal rebuttal to Clinton's
foreign policy speech this week. And Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is in Washington, visiting both the White House and Capitol Hill
on Tuesday and Wednesday.


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