We Are Not A Potted Plant: Congress Responds to U.S. Foreign Aid Reform

Randall Tobias, the first U.S. director of foreign assistance, was in the hot seat last week in back-to-back hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives. The hearings were the first opportunity for the new Democratic-controlled Congress to assess the progress of the Bush administration's year-old foreign aid reform effort and for Ambassador Tobias to explain the administration's plans. Unfortunately, the sparring merely scratched the surface of the real foreign aid debate. Sarah Jane Staats (Hise), CGD senior associate for outreach and policy, reports. Learn more