Building that capacity creates or yields dividends well beyond the initial purpose.
USAID already has the legal authorities and other tools necessary to pursue a comprehensive localization agenda.
I appreciate the approach that Ambassador Power is taking.
Ambassador Power gave a speech at Georgetown talking about the burden on your contracting officers.
I certainly feel honored to have been able to work with you in the last Congress to achieve the beginning that we have in the State Departme...
I think I understand that, but I want to contrast that with how the Chinese Communist Party handles their diplomacy...
it is a concerning prospect if that is the case.
Over the past year we have seen the blatant disregard of a nation's sovereignty by Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.