I have come to believe that the foreign aid programs of the United States are crippled by the anchors of special clients whose needs have not been examined and in relationship to the overall size of a limited foreign aid pie, and by our failure to address the changing needs of the United States itself. Such an analysis is badly overdue, and must be ruthlessly made, without the overlay of emotionalism, nostalgia, or special interest pleading.
Calling for foreign aid to be refocused on American economic competitiveness.
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