InterAction, Global Leadership Campaign Host Budget Briefing

On February 20, InterAction and The Global Leadership Campaign co-hosted a congressional briefing on the FY 2005 International Affairs Budget request. The briefing featured presentations by Larry Nowels of Congressional Research Service, Nisha Desai of InterAction, and Jason Gross of U.S. Global Leadership Campaign. Mary E. McClymont, President of Interaction, acted as moderator for the briefing.

Nowels provided an analysis of the FY2005 foreign operations request in the context of historical trends and looked at the impact of key initiatives on overall development assistance. Desai presented analysis on the core development and humanitarian assistance accounts, noting that increases for specific initiatives seemed to be coming at the expense of core programs. Finally Gross focused on the relationship and important of the international affairs budget with respect to US national security.

View the FY2005 Budget Analysis

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