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THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Americans Should Stand Together on Global Leadership
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Kasim Reed is mayor of Atlanta. Saxby Chambliss served in the U.S.
Senate from 2003 to 2015 and previously in the U.S. House of
Representatives. They both serve on the U.S. Global Leadership
Coalition's Georgia Advisory Committee.

Fresh off the heels of a turbulent and polarizing race, much of our
nation has been left divided. And while the two of us have spent our
careers on opposite sides of the aisle, we believe there is one issue
that everyone - Republican or Democrat - can rally behind:
strengthening America's global leadership. From the rise of ISIS
to global pandemics, we simply cannot afford to turn inward as a
nation. American development and diplomacy not only makes our nation
safer and stronger, but also brings a real return on investment to
taxpayers. We urge the Georgia delegation in Congress to strengthen
and protect our nation's International Affairs Budget. At a time
when our country still feels divided, all Americans and Georgians can
stand together on the mere fact that the United States must lead to
build a better, safer world.

CQ ROLL CALL
Mattis May Prove Antidote to Trump on Defense |
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John M. Donnelly

Donald Trump has chosen a man to run the Pentagon who is in important
ways the president-elect's opposite, and many experts think
that's a good thing...Those who know Mattis best say he is
thoughtful, well-read, seasoned, articulate and easy-going - in
other words, quite different from Trump. "He has long been a
forward-looking strategic thinker, championing the use of
America's civilian tools alongside the military," Liz
Schrayer, president of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, said in a
statement. Schrayer's group advocates the importance of
development and diplomacy alongside defense.

Transition 2016

THE HILL
5 Things the Trump Team Needs to Know About Foreign Aid |
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Diana Ohlbaum

As President-elect Donald Trump's transition teams arrive at the
Department of State and other foreign policy agencies, they are no
doubt being inundated with briefing papers and policy recommendations.
Here's a quick list of what they need to know about foreign aid: 1. If
you don't want to send in the troops, you need development. 2. The
private sector is a partner, not a substitute. 3. Transactional aid
doesn't work. 4. This is not your father's USAID.

BLOOMBERG
Trump Picks Iowa Governor Branstad as China Ambassador |
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Jennifer Jacobs

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Iowa Governor Terry
Branstad, a longtime friend of Chinese President Xi Jinping, for
Ambassador to China, the U.S.'s most important trade partner and
its largest economic rival. Jason Miller, a spokesman for
Trump's presidential transition operation, confirmed the
selection in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday. Branstad,
a Republican, has accepted the offer, three people close to the matter
said on condition of anonymity. The decision comes at a time of
heightened tensions with China after Trump abandoned almost four
decades of diplomatic protocol on Dec. 2 by speaking directly with the
leader of Taiwan, which Beijing considers a rogue province. Trump has
been critical of China's currency policies and military
build-up. He hasn't named his choice for secretary of state, the
top U.S. diplomatic post.

THE WASHINGTON POST

Retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly Picked to Head Department of
Homeland Security |

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Jerry Markon and Dan Lamothe

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. John F.
Kelly to run the Department of Homeland Security, turning to a
blunt-spoken border security hawk who clashed with the Obama
administration over women in combat and plans to close the prison at
Guantanamo Bay, according to people familiar with the decision. Kelly,
who retired in February as chief of U.S. Southern Command, would
inherit a massive and often troubled department responsible for
overseeing perhaps the most controversial part of Trump's
agenda: his proposed crackdown on illegal immigration. DHS is the
third-largest Cabinet department, with more than 240,000 employees who
do everything from fight terrorism to protect the president and
enforce immigration laws.

THE HILL

On Africa, Will Isolationist Trump Fight an Internationalist Congress?

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A. Carl LeVan is an Associate Professor at American University.

Trump's isolationism will face even more resistance in Washington than
his unilateralism. His short-lived honeymoon period will end when he
discovers that, as with a range of policies such as the Keynesian
infrastructure spending he promises, he must choose between alienating
his base and alienating his party. While most attention since the
election has focused on Trump's protectionism, his supporters draw
upon public skepticism about foreign aid, too.

Who's in the News

THE DEMOCRACY JOURNAL
A Bipartisan Foreign Policy for the Trump Presidency
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Sen. Chris Coons has represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate since
2010. He is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and the
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs.

After a divisive campaign in which President-elect Trump left many
partners around the world questioning our commitments to democratic
values and decades-long alliances, I hope he will not wait until his
inauguration to make it clear that his Administration will continue to
support our allies and uphold our international obligations. I'm
confident most of my Republican and Democratic colleagues share that
sentiment and will do our part to exert congressional authority in
world affairs. Maintaining American leadership in the world also
requires looking beyond immediate global crises to the wide range of
challenges that don't make daily headlines. It is important to
highlight some of these international problems and demonstrate how
each presents an opportunity for constructive, bipartisan cooperation
with the next Administration.

For Better or Worse, Politics Define 2016 Top Global Health Moments
For Better or Worse, Politics Define 2016 Top Global Health Moments

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Karl Hofmann is president and CEO of Population Services
International.

The world had a pretty good idea what foreign aid would look like
under a Hillary Clinton administration, but what President-elect
Donald Trump's agenda will be is anyone's guess. As the
U.S. shifted to the right, its northern neighbor Canada shifted to the
left and European governments struggled with economic turmoil and an
unprecedented refugee crisis taxing aid budgets. But 2016 had a few
bright spots, including a record replenishment for The Global Fund to
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and two innovative efforts that
may very well redefine what it means to be a philanthropist.

DEVEX
USAID Administrator Gayle Smith on Obama's Development Legacy |
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Sophie Edwards

The U.S. Agency for International Development chief Gayle Smith has
called upon the incoming Donald Trump administration to diversify how
development is funded, continue to invest in fragile states, focus on
resilience against disaster and continue to give USAID a seat at the
foreign policy table. Smith, who took over as administrator from Rajiv
Shah in December 2015 and will step down in January of next year,
shared her thoughts on USAID's achievements during President
Barack Obama's eight years in office and outlined five
recommendations for how Trump, and the wider development community,
should continue to support the U.S. aid agency going forward.

Development & Diplomacy

THE THOMAS REUTERS FOUNDATION
U.N. Launches Record $22.2 Billion Humanitarian Appeal for 2017 |
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Umberto Bacchi

The United Nations launched a record humanitarian appeal on Monday,
asking for $22.2 billion in 2017 to help almost 93 million people hit
by conflicts and natural disasters. More than half of the money will
be used to address the needs of people caught up in crises in Syria,
Yemen, Iraq and South Sudan, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. The appeal followed a trend of
steady increases that have seen requests for funds grow almost
three-fold from $7.9 billion in 2011.

THE WASHINGTON POST
How the U.S. Should Change its Approach to Global Health

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Lawrence H. Summers, the Charles W. Eliot university professor at
Harvard, is a former treasury secretary and director of the National
Economic Council in the White House.

No one can know what the attitude of the new U.S. administration will
be to funding foreign assistance of any kind or to global cooperation
in the health area. Certainly an "America first" strategy
is not highly propitious. Global health has been an area of bipartisan
cooperation with major initiatives launched during both Democratic and
Republican administrations, and it has some congressional champions in
both parties, so perhaps things will work out. Rather than dwelling on
political uncertainties I could not dispel, I chose to concentrate on
something that should be a priority for those concerned with reducing
premature death around the world, for those looking to foreign
assistance as forward defense of U.S. interests, and to those
primarily interested in reducing budgets - assuring the optimal
allocation of aid resources.

Politics & Foreign Policy

USA TODAY

Obama Delivers Passionate Defense of His Counterterrorism Strategy in
Final Foreign Policy Speech |
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Gregory Korte

President Obama gave an optimistic assessment of the campaign against
terror across North Africa and the Middle East on Tuesday, thanking
U.S. troops for their help in "breaking the back" of the Islamic State
in Iraq and Syria. In his last major foreign policy address of his
presidency, Obama urged Americans to "put the terrorist threat in
perspective," and reject torture, unlimited detention and heightened
scrutiny against Muslim Americans - all hallmarks of
President-elect Donald Trump's counter-terrorism policies. "The
terrorist threat is real and it is dangerous," Obama told a crowd that
included special operations troops at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.

FOREIGN POLICY
America Actually Likes Immigrants and a Global Role, Survey Finds |
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Kavitha Surana

In Donald Trump, the United States just elected a man who promised an
"American First" approach to the world, one that would be
tough on illegal immigrants and terrorists, even if that meant
unprecedented (and possibly unconstitutional) measures like mass
deportations and Muslim registries. But Americans themselves are more
positive about immigration than they have been for decades, are
concerned about discrimination toward Muslims, and welcome an America
engaged with the world, according to a new survey by the Pew Research
Center. And while Trump's neo-isolationist message seemed to
reverberate with his base on the trail, with calls to lessen U.S.
overseas commitments and focus resources at home, most Americans see a
continued overseas role for the United States, the survey suggests.
Some 57 percent thought the world's problems would be even worse
without U.S. involvement; one-third thinks U.S. efforts to solve
global problems usually makes things worse.

REUTERS
U.S. Congress Passes $618.7 Billion Annual Defense Bill |
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Patricia Zengerle

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a compromise version of an
annual defense policy bill on Thursday without controversial
provisions such as requiring women to register for the draft or
allowing contractors to make religion-based hiring decisions.
Ninety-two senators backed the $618.7 billion National Defense
Authorization Act, or NDAA, and seven opposed it. Because it passed
the House of Representatives by a similarly large margin last week,
the bill now goes to the White House for President Barack Obama to
veto or sign into law. A White House spokesman told a briefing he did
not yet have a position on the bill to report.


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