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Article: Fiscal Year 2009 budget hearing for foreign assistance.(Legislation and Policy)
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- DISAM Journal
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- September 1, 2008
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[The following excerpts are from Testimony before the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Washington, DC, March 4, 2008.]
Thank you for this opportunity to appear before the Committee today in support of the President's FY2009 Foreign Operations budget request and to discuss our nation's foreign assistance priorities. The degree of turmoil and poverty in the world right now poses both challenges and opportunities for our assistance programs and underscores the vital role of development in achieving our objectives: the dramatic election in Pakistan; the transfer of power in Cuba; Kosovo's ...