07/19/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"When Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, economic development was a core priority of our overall aid policy."
"Various commissions over the past decades have affirmed an unfortunate reality: our foreign assistance programs largely lack strategic focus and are not accomplishing their intended objectives as well..."
"The Act specifically calls for the promotion of conditions enabling developing countries to achieve self-sustaining economic growth as one of the five principal goals of U.S. foreign aid."
"Look, we've got a candidate who has been a business person all of their life, which brings a lot of strengths as people look to Washington to challenge its trajectory."