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NewsSenate Appropriations Update: Where We Are
The annual game of hurry-up-and-wait has begun in earnest for those of us who follow the congressional appropriations process. Although Fiscal Year...
UNESCO and the Palestine Vote
Yesterday UNESCO, the U.N. agency most famously known for designating world heritage sites and tasked with promoting education, science, and freedom of...
Global CooperationLet’s Celebrate UN Day!
On this day 66 years ago (1945) the 5 permanent members of the Security Council and a majority of the 46 member...
NewsCitizens for Global Solutions Launches Peacekeeping Report Today at National Press Club
Citizens for Global Solutions, as a partner organization in the Partnership for Effective Peacekeeping, launched a new peacekeeping report today at the...
Global CooperationHouse Foreign Affairs Committee Approves Anti-UN Bill
The House of Representatives took yet another regrettable step today to disengage the U.S. from the United Nations, as the House Foreign...
Long Live U.S. Global Engagement
On Thursday, September 15, 2011 Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) proposed an amendment to cut nearly $7 billion from the State Department and...
Is the UN Still Relevant?
For the last two and a half days I have been attending the Social Good Summit at the 92nd Street Y in...
Global CooperationDefending Defense: Not Enough for National Security
Today six Congressmembers met to speak on the importance of defense spending and why it should not be targeted in the ongoing...
NewsWhite House Briefing a Success!
The White House Briefing and Training brought 50 people from 23 states to Washington DC to experience a day of briefings at...
Global CooperationRep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Hijacks Pro-Israel Support for Extreme Anti-U.N. Bill
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced an extreme bill, H.R. 2829, that holds U.N. funding, as...
Global CooperationA Strong Voice for International Affairs Funding: Thank You, Senator Kerry!
In this difficult economic climate, there are days when trying to convince members of Congress of the value of international affairs funding...