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A wild 24 hours - Foggy Bottom welcomed the 70th Secretary of
State, while North and South Korea pledged to end their 65 year war
- just weeks after Mike Pompeo, then as CIA Director, held a
secretive meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.
And within hours of being sworn in, he was off to Brussels for his
first diplomatic trip to meet NATO allies.


As for USGLC, we certainly welcome Pompeo's commitment to bring
the "swagger" back to our civilian forces - from
staffing up the State Department to protecting his budget. Lots of
advice for the new Secretary of State in the latest addition of THE
GLOBAL GAB below.


For me, I continue to travel the country - lately throughout the
Midwest - with a big event in Minnesota next week, talking about
how our leadership in the world benefits our economy and I am amazed
with the stories I hear. If you have a moment, send me your thoughts.
Many thanks.

Liz
Liz Schrayer, USGLC

THE GLOBAL GAB: Pompeo's First Day
April 27, 2018


GOOD EVENING MR. SECRETARY. The Senate easily confirmed Mike Pompeo
yesterday as the next Secretary of State - with 7 Democrats
joining all the Republicans to vote him in. Advice has been pouring in
on how to push the reset button at Foggy Bottom - from personnel
to resources to policy:

* Two of America's top retired military leaders -
Admiral James Stavridis and General Anthony Zinni -
weighed in on FOXNews.com: "To lead the State
Department...he must first save it."

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=UUvcQ8GSme7QApkDWBejNg


* Top foreign affairs voices - Richard Fontaine and Jamie
Fly - assert that the new Secretary "needs to clean
up after Rex Tillerson" and "should focus on
rebuilding his department" in Foreign Policy.

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=hOfRTjYQzpzcKI9YKIH7zw


* And David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee has
implored the new Secretary to consider critical questions on
Syria, including "how much do we care?"

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=_Ne1UhTOyq848217NbFFZw

The USGLC welcomes Secretary Pompeo

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

and looks forward to working together to ensure America's
global leadership, effective resources for diplomacy and development,
and filling personnel positions immediately.


FIRST FOGGY BOTTOM HIRE. With Pompeo in, word is out that that the
Administration has tapped a highly respected senior diplomat and
long-time USGLC friend for the #3 position at the State Department,
Paula Dobriansky. She is set to replace Tom Shannon, a beloved career
foreign service officer who announced his retirement earlier this year
after 35 years with the Department. Let's hope this is a good
sign to quickly fill the 38 top vacancies at State.


SYRIA STABILIZATION? While recent news has focused on the U.S.
military response to the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons,
our military leaders have not lost sight of the importance of
America's civilian-led stabilization operations.

* General Joseph Votel, our nation's top Middle East
commander, said that the "hard part" is still in
front of us in Syria: "stabilizing these areas, getting
people back into their homes, addressing the long-term issues of
reconstruction."

* Lt. General Richard Newton echoed General Votel in a recent
appearance on FOX News: "Let's remember we still
have 13 million Syrians who are without food and water.
You've got 6 million people who are displaced from their
homes - 2 million of those are children... We have to
look at all instruments of national power, not just the
military."

* Just prior to the chemical attack, the Wall Street Journal
reported that the Administration was suspending and reviewing
more than $200 million in stabilization resources late last
month - critical for reconstruction assistance in places
like Raqqa where ISIS. See our statement on why "Civilian
Stabilization Programs in Syria are Non-Negotiable."

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=vvv2HgVar1EM7BmI8u3wSw

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=8jreTRs7CWMP9-f5WU3IZg

BUDGET REDO. OMB Director Mick Mulvaney has announced plans to
walk-back spending that was agreed to in February by the
Administration, House, and Senate, proposing to rescind some of that
funding. A likely victim: the International Affairs Budget.
Fortunately there is bipartisan consensus, and the Senate is ready to
stop any proposal to disproportionately cut funding for development
and diplomacy. Senator Lindsey Graham put it succinctly this week
"If you send a rescissions package over here...that guts the
State Department, we are gonna kill [it]."


PENCE IN PERU. Vice President Mike Pence led the U.S. delegation to
the recent Summit of the Americas in Peru, where he announced an
additional $16 million in humanitarian assistance to aid those fleeing
Venezuela. With 90% of Venezuela's population unable to afford
food, the number of Venezuelans seeking refuge in other parts of Latin
America has increased by more than 700% in the last 3 years.


IVANKA EMPOWERS WOMEN. Also in Peru - Ivanka Trump unveiled a
new U.S.-led women's empowerment initiative along with U.S.
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) President Ray
Washburne. The "2X Americas" initiative commits $150
million and mobilizes a total of $500 million in private capital to
create opportunities for women across Latin America. The First
Daughter told reporters: "Women's economic empowerment is
absolutely vital for our collective economic prosperity and for global
stability."


TRADE & AID. Fresh off the President's desk this week, the
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and MCA Modernization Act.
Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) explained that this legislation "at no
cost to the taxpayer, gives communities in Africa the tools to
strengthen their own economies. By doing so, we create U.S. trade
partners rather than aid recipients." Read our full statement.

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=ZW0dUPWi5d1zxAt7rTR7ZQ


"TRANSFORMING" USAID. Administrator Mark Green has rolled
out an ambitious plan to reorganize and redesign the development
agency. The forward-leaning restructuring will create a new
"family" of three bureaus at USAID - led by a new
Associate Administrator for Relief, Resilience, and Response. Learn
more here on the USGLC blog.

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=exNMcNhoEV6QLEJ9VRQqXg


HONDURAS HICCUP. The president recently tweeted that U.S. aid to
Honduras could be on the chopping block due to concerns about
migration. This was a confusing message to send when you consider
Honduras was one of only 7 nations to vote with the U.S. in the
controversial UN General Assembly resolution on the U.S. embassy move
to Jerusalem.

* And worth noting: Before he was White House Chief of Staff,
General John Kelly said: "If we can improve the
conditions, the lot in life of Hondurans, Guatemalans, Central
Americans, we can do an awful lot to protect the southwest
border."

NSC SHAKEUP. John Bolton's first few weeks on the job as
National Security Advisor saw a number of high-level departures from
the National Security Council - including National Security
Advisor for Strategy Nadia Schadlow. And now he's adding his own team,
starting with defense hawk Mira Ricardel as the new Deputy.


BUILD ACT GAINS MOMENTUM. Legislation to create a new U.S. development
finance institution sailed through a House Foreign Affairs Committee
hearing with widespread bipartisan support and praise. Rep. Ami Bera
(D-CA), called it a "testament to the importance of OPIC and a
belief the U.S. has to be engaged globally in a smart way." The
ONE Campaign explains how the Build Act will put private sector
dollars to work in this video.
http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=7MwZkPvoQlYX3ND-03I-Yg


CRISIS WATCH. The latest from around the world:

* Yemen is now home to the world's worst humanitarian crisis
according to the UN, with 80% of their population dependent on
humanitarian aid and 8 million people on the verge of famine.
The U.S. has announced $87 million in additional emergency aid
to Yemen to help provide food, water, shelter, and medical care.


* As the Administration prepares for the North Korea summit, the
UN is appealing for $111 million in humanitarian funding to help
millions in North Korea. More than 10 million people - 40
percent of the population - are in need of humanitarian
assistance.

* As ISIS militants spread further into Africa, experts worry that
another massive wave of migration is on the horizon. The World
Food Program chief David Beasley recently warned: "What
they're [ISIS] now doing is coming into an already fragile
area... and they're using food as a weapon of
recruitment to destabilize so that they can have mass migration
into Europe."

* The U.S. has announced an additional $67 million in humanitarian
assistance for the Democratic Republic of the Congo -
still far short of $1.7 billion necessary to help tens of
millions in immediate need. 4.5 million people are displaced due
to violence and 2 million children are severely malnourished.

* Former British PM David Cameron launched a new report on state
fragility announcing the drivers of the biggest problems:
"extreme poverty, mass migration, terrorism, trafficking,
and more."

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=9gt2YDoiU7tLVI1IWnrJTw

ACROSS AMERICA. With growing challenges around the world -
we're hearing about the importance of development and diplomacy
from coast to coast:

* In Appleton, WI, Rep. Mike Gallagher told a crowd of 100 local
leaders that "we cannot afford to close ourselves off from
the world." The freshman Congressman and former Marine
intelligence officer stressed the importance of investing in
U.S. diplomacy and development assistance for our national
security and for Wisconsin's economy. Appleton Mayor Tim
Hanna doubled down on that message in the Appleton Post
Crescent.

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=sC-JOketIsGPc8Cv6CFOEQ

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=Ua3FokfN9zoRM6VIAd-N8g


* In Raleigh's News & Observer, DAI Global Health
president Chris LeGrand, raised the alarm on the impact of
proposed cuts to America's global health programs, writing
that "the cost of failing to control outbreaks and the
loss of life far outweighs the cost of prevention."
http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=f7uqW7gMuHsbuXjLEKL3Yw


* In Indiana, Senator Todd Young pushed back against the
Administration's proposed 30% cut to foreign assistance,
telling his fellow Hoosiers that because hunger can fuel violent
extremism, combatting food insecurity is not only a moral
imperative, but is directly in our national security interest.

http://action.usglc.org/site/R?i=luOFaj_1MdIaNLWIRMnGAg


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