The Huffington Post publishes the director of CGD's Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Program Sheila Herrling and CGD deputy director for outreach and policy Sarah Jane Staats' op-ed on U.S. foreign assistance reform.
From the article:
"Amidst of a month of partisan battles on Capitol Hill over a Supreme Court nominee, health care and financial regulation, a new bill was introduced this week that rose above party lines: the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009 (S. 1524). Senators Kerry, Lugar, Menendez, Corker, Risch and Cardin-three Democrats and three Republicans-introduced the bill as "a first step toward comprehensive reform of U.S. foreign assistance," showing they are ready, willing and able to work with the administration on a set of deeper reforms."
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