The Online Newshour published a comment by CGD vice-president Todd Moss on Obama's State of the Union.
From the article:
"In an address targeted squarely at domestic political audiences, it may not be surprising that foreign policy and America’s role in promoting economic growth in the developing world barely featured. It is nonetheless disappointing. America’s economic health is intimately linked to robust markets abroad, including not only East Asia and Latin America but, increasingly, Africa and the Middle East. The transnational threats of terrorism, disease, and crime are also connected to poverty and the lack of opportunity in far corners of the globe. The recent horrors of the Haitian earthquake and the outpouring of goodwill is also a reminder of the moral imperative of humanitarian assistance. But the SOTU mentioned only in passing U.S. efforts at food security, continuing to fund HIV/AIDS programs, and rescue efforts in Haiti. There was no defense of the foreign aid budget, zero new initiatives to promote trade and investment, and nothing new at all on bringing American innovation to promote global prosperity."