Jim Kolbe: “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?

Without getting into the weeds on the issues of the presidential campaign, the activities of Russia and the former Soviet Union to undermine democracy around the world have been going on for a long time.

If you fold it into the State Department completely, what you are doing is you are subjecting it to the political considerations.

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…