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May 20, 2016

Dear Board of Directors,

We are looking forward to seeing you next Tuesday in Washington for our Spring Board of Directors Meeting. We have a great deal to discuss and a powerful line-up of guest speakers that will be joining us. Attached please find:

* Final Agenda
* Minutes from January Board Meeting
* Backgrounder for Lunch with Chairman Royce
* Links to Read-Aheads

A Note on our Schedule: As a reminder, our meeting will begin at 11:45 AM at The Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street, SE, with special guest, House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce. Following our lunch discussion, we have arranged for buses to transport the Board to the Loews Madison Hotel (1177 15th Street) for the remainder of the day.

Read-Ahead Suggestions: In preparation for our discussions, here are a few items of interest:

Politics:

* The political scientist who saw Trump’s rise coming<http://www.vox.com/2016/5/6/11598838/donald-trump-predictions-norm-ornstein>
* Is Trump out of step with Americans on foreign policy?<http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2016/05/05-foreign-policy-attitudes-pew-survey-galston>
* Why Candidates Are Out Of Sync With How Americans Really Feel About Trade<http://www.npr.org/2016/04/18/474311768/why-candidates-are-out-of-sync-with-how-americans-really-feel-about-trade>

Policy:

* Graham Eyes Emergency Funding Bill for Middle East Aid<http://www.cq.com/doc/news-4873321?4>
* Senate Oks $1.1 billion to fight Zika; House wants half that<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/zika-virus-funding-senate-house-223282>
* War in Syria: Next Steps to Mitigate the Crisis<http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/051716_Lindborg_Testimony.pdf>

​If you have any questions or need to update your RSVP, please contact Emily at ebenovitz@usglc.org<mailto:ebenovitz@usglc.org>. Looking forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday.

Liz Schrayer
USGLC President & CEO