This is certainly a timely topic to be talking about today as we consider the impact of United States assistance and contrast this with the foreign affairs budget for fiscal year 2018 which, as proposed, would significantly reduce our diplomacy and development programs.
Kolbe highlights the importance of discussing U.S. assistance amidst proposed budget cuts.
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Yes, there are. And I think actually USAID has undertaken, in these last several years, a lot of those reforms.
Do you believe that there are reforms that can be made within the U.S. Government, USAID in particular, to help capture and effectively utilize the enthusiasm from these communities?
This is the moment for the United States and Europe to negotiate the boldest, broadest trade and investment agreement we have ever contemplated since World War II.
If you fold it into the State Department completely, what you are doing is you are subjecting it to the political considerations.
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