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As I am sure you are watching, Air Force One touched down in Seoul
last night in what could be the most complex part of President
Trump's 12-day trip - the longest of any president to the
Indo-Pacific region in 25 years.


All eyes will be on the signals both to and from North Korea over the
next few days.


Check out the latest edition of THE GLOBAL GAB to see our take on what
to watch from the trip, plus Bannon and Bernie's banter, the
White House Chief weighing in - and a look at Ambassador
Haley's tough talk with South Sudan's president.


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Liz Schrayer, USGLC

THE GLOBAL GAB: Wheels up for Air Force One, Bannon and Bernie, and
Madam Secretaries
November 7, 2017


SIGNALS FROM SEOUL. Billed the "Indo-Pacific" mission,
national security tops the priority list for President Trump as he
seeks to address the nuclear standoff with North Korea. His stop in
South Korea comes just days after Secretary Mattis visited the
demilitarized zone where the Defense Secretary emphasized the need for
a "diplomatic solution" rather than some of the
high-voltage comments about military options from the administration.
A week of high-wire diplomacy for sure.


ECONOMIC ENTOURAGE. While North Korea is certain to be at the top of
the agenda with President Xi Jinping, the visit to Beijing also
provides a pivot point to reinforce America's economic interests
in the region, especially after the withdrawal from the Trans Pacific
Partnership (TPP). Not surprising, more than two-dozen business
executives joined the president including leaders from Boeing,
DowDuPont, GE, Honeywell, and Archer Daniels Midland Co. to emphasize
this point.


DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. With China's development portfolio rising
throughout the region, there were rumors about a potential
announcement on the trip to dramatically scale up America's
development finance tools. Don't expect this yet, but a good
sign that the administration may be looking at ways to strengthen the
U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).


SMART FACT. China has pledged hundreds of billions of dollars to its
One Belt One Road initiative - dubbed a modern-day Marshall Plan
to boost development, transport, and trade to Europe, Central and
Southeast Asia, and Africa. As just one example, Chinese development
assistance in Africa alone has increased by 780% over the last decade.
Now that's huge!


AFRICA ALERT. The recent visit by U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Nikki
Haley, to Africa was the highest profile visit to the continent by the
administration to date, shining a spotlight on the horrific
humanitarian crises as well as the complexity of ongoing terrorism.
Speaking to reporters about the volume of displaced children:
"Those kids will be 18 one day... uneducated with no social
skills... That's dangerous for the United States, and
that's dangerous for the world." Haley has already briefed
President Trump and is expected to do the same with Vice President
Pence.


PRESIDENTIAL ULTIMATUM. Haley also put a spotlight on one of the
man-made epicenters of the growing famine crises and delivered an
ultimatum to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, the leader of the
world's newest country. Her message: "I told him that he
couldn't deny the stories of his military, whether it was with
violence or with rape or child soldiers and he can tell us all the
words he wanted to say but his words don't match his
actions."


MADAM SECRETARIES. Power ladies took to the stage at the Bush
Center's Spirit of Liberty event in New York with luminaries
- former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza
Rice - joining Ambassador Haley. As the topic turned to foreign
assistance, Secretary Rice urged the administration to "affirm
the things that have worked... because when you lead with what
doesn't work that's all people hear at home and
abroad." To a round of applause, Rice praised America's
achievements from fighting AIDS to the Millennium Challenge
Corporation to democracy efforts.


BUSH 43. Headlining the same New York event, President George W. Bush
delivered a message loud and clear on what's at stake for
America's role in the world: "For more than 70 years, the
presidents of both parties believed that American security and
prosperity were directly tied to the success of freedom in the world.
And they knew that the success depended, in large part, on U.S.
leadership. This mission came naturally, because it expressed the DNA
of American idealism."


THE BANNON FACTOR. With the 2018 race already heating up, the
Breitbart chief redoubled his isolationist message in front of a DC
crowd at the Hudson Institute taking aim at overseas aid programs
saying "we have to build a nation called the United States of
America." Next question: will the candidates he endorses take on
the same mantra?


AMERICA FIRST? A recent Chicago Council poll on "What America
Thinks about America First" finds that "Americans express
remarkably enduring support for an active U.S. role in world
affairs" with more than 65% of Republicans and 66% of Democrats
agreeing.


FOREIGN SERVICE FREEZE? Troubling new reports have emerged that close
to 100 USAID Foreign Service applicants have had their applications
canceled as part of an ongoing hiring freeze - even after some
had endured a two year process of interviews, medical, and security
checks. In addition, close to 70 ambassador posts remain unfilled
- including South Korea, Turkey, Jordan, Yemen, and Venezuela.
General David Petraeus recently weighed in: "We need diplomats;
we need to fill the vacancies in the State Department."


REDESIGN READOUT. Secretary Rex Tillerson sat down for an interview
with Bloomberg's Nick Wadhams for an in-depth look on
what's at stake in the reform effort underway for
America's diplomacy and development programs. Key message:
"For Tillerson, applying the methods of corporate downsizing to
the federal government is more than just a side job, it's

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the job - one he considers essential to the nation's
ability to conduct foreign policy."


ACROSS AMERICA. Top leaders continue to speak out around the country:

* GREEN LIGHT. At the World Food Prize in Iowa, USAID
Administrator Mark Green set out his vision for how USAID will
do business with partners here at home and around the world,
stating: "We want to move beyond grant-making, beyond
contracting, and embrace collaboration, co-design, and
co-financing."

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* JERSEY'S OWN. House Appropriations Chairman Rodney
Frelinghuysen spoke out powerfully in support of our
nation's civilian tools in his own op-ed in his home state
paper: "Yes, 'hard power' is essential. But,
after all, it is the 'soft power' of diplomacy and
engagement that will determine if, as the president said at the
U.N., 'we lift the world to new heights, or let it fall
into a valley of disrepair.'"

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* THE BEEHIVE STATE. At the Utah State Capitol, former Senate
Majority Leader Bill Frist and Rep. Chris Stewart just headlined
an event tackling critical issues on foreign assistance from
PEPFAR to Feed the Future. The duo penned this op-ed in the Salt
Lake Tribune on "The indispensable role of America in the
world."

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* THE FIRST STATE. Stay tuned for a powerhouse summit in Delaware
this month with Senator Chris Coons, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester,
former Governor Mark Schweiker, General Kip Ward alongside top
leaders from Coca-Cola and Pfizer.

FEEL THE BERN. Senator Bernie Sanders laid out his foreign policy
vision in a wide-ranging speech in America's heartland at
Westminster College in Missouri: "Development aid is not
charity. It advances our national security." In some of his
strongest remarks on America's civilian forces, the ranking
member of the Senate Budget Committee also noted: "Starving
diplomacy and aid will result in greater defense needs later
on."


THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF. Citing Secretary Jim Mattis' now famous
quote, General John Kelly recently echoed a similar sentiment:
"If you don't fund the State Department properly, buy us
more bullets." It's the first time the general has
publicly commented on the International Affairs Budget since joining
the White House. Watch the video here.
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