so you think about usaid's role, the role of the u.s. government more broadly, much of the mdgs were about how do we allocate our funds directly to support maternal health, et cetera. the sdgs are casting a wider and more complicated net. so i wonder if you could tell us a little bit about whether you want to hook it directly to the sdgs, but how is the -- how is usaid as an institution thinking about itself these days that is different from a very traditional role of foreign assistant provider from your leadership perspective for five years now. how do you think about meeting a set of goals. it's about your partnerships and relationships. could you elaborate on that a little bit [. >> i'll say a couple things. i would say the sdgs were not an action-forcing event for us in terms of the changes that we've been going through because our changes have predated the sdgs but the sdgs reflect several different things and the most succinct way i could describe it is that basically we're the minority partner now in the development exercise and i

i have had an opportunity usaid haso see where had the flexibility to be successful. when they have that flexibility, the capability of working with some of the ngos that came out of central africa where were you have doctors in the u.s., business people here, they want to put their money back. they want to help teaching and college years were setting up schools for young women and so is. with a little partnering with force inis can be a terms of offsetting what is coming out of the deal been the mantra sides. you need to build that flexibility in. the americans that are originally from those areas that are now investing their dollars, their contributions, with the help and partnering with usaid in that kind of an f for you are much more if factor than going through the -- you are much more effective than going through the government. i don't think we of have a secretary of defense test to find in recent years who has not emphasize the importance of having a state department becoming more effective. the sections that specifically modernizingpdating, the aids programs,

how many usaid reps did we have there? one, maybe one and a half, and to alex, you question, whether they were effective or not -- when ambassador negroponte sent me off he said two things, kael, remember, when you meet the generals, tell them you work for me. and i now know why he said that because i love our generals but generals are used to saying, -- if you're a neocon and they wanted to sort of direct me in places that ambassador negroponte was saying your line is through robert ford, the political council, and the other thing he said is be careful because in vietnam, just like when holebrook was there, they were able to get out and about contrary to what was going on in western iraq. so to final point the wars were getting wars over time. generally speaking, not getting better, and for usaid and the development arm who don't want to be bear-hugging dave or our military, that was always going to undercut us. one final thing. in host province we spent $53 million, give or take. commander dave adams and the pr team ther

is aen waldhauser: usaid combat multiplier in africa.we have to establish programs, educational programs that give the youth of the continent, with got to give them a way at head, h to look forward to. that is a combat multiplier to what african can bring to that continent here it again, it's not just what we are doing today, but it is the future inside africa. when you look at these they will be multiplied significantly. these programs are well received and we have to foster and advocate for them because they will play, in my view a huge part in dealing with the conditions that will deal with the radicalization of these young men. there is a would allow dod on approval to do flexible transfer of funds to goalsto accomplish cve the dod viewed more likely to be achieved by usaid. i was not able to get that pilot program added, but that has gotten the support of folks -- general alan, i think past chairman on the other side -- i'm going to continue to advocate for it. one of the great aspects of africom is the whole of not ament approach,

how many usaid wraps? may be one, maybe one and a half.ambassador negroponte semiology said two things, my boss. and he said kael, remember, when you meet the generals, tell them you work for me. and i now know why he said that because i love our generals but generals are used to saying -- they wanted to sort of direct me to places but ambassador negroponte was saying your life is through robert ford. the other thing he said be careful because he said in vietnam just like when holbrooke was there as they were not able to get, they were able to get out and about contrary to what was going on in western iraq. so to the final point, these wars were getting worse over time, generally speaking not getting better. and for usaid and to develop an arm who don't want to be bear hugging dave or baylen, you know, our military, that was always going to undercut us. one final thing. imposed province we spend $53 million, give or take. commander dave adams and the team did an incredible job prioritizing u.s. money. $53 million went quite far. of all the

i have had an opportunity overseas to see where usaid has had the ability to be successful.i have watched, for example, when they have that flex ability , the capability of working with some of the ngo's that maybe came out of central asia where you have doctors in the united states and business people here who have been successful, they want to put their money back. they want to help with teaching colleges are help set up schools for young women and so forth. and with a little bit of partnering with usaid, this can be a force multiplier in terms of offsetting what is coming out those areas. again, you need to build that we arelity in, so that dealing with those that really know those villages. the americans that are originally from those areas that are now investing their knowledge of their contributions in it, but with a little partnering with usaid. and that kind of an effort, you're much more effective than going through the government, for example. these are the types of things we have in mind. thinkhornberry: i do not we have had a secretary of defense testify in front

usaid is clearly a state department program. not a pentagon program. he said if you need money, go into the pentagon account because it is the largest. general lengyel, we've had very great success and coordination on the border with the national guard. carefully observing. there are many functions the guard from all over america that the guard has had on the arizona border, for training, for observation, for many ways of assistance. frankly, i don't see that, in fact, in some ways i see it dying out. what's your view on that? >> we have done in the past a more robust training effort. more robust direct activity in support of -- >> do you think given the flood of manufactured heroin that's coming across our southern bored he, that we should make use of the talents that exist for the national guard and isn't it excellent training experience for them? >> yes, sir. >> especially when there are 120 on the border? >> yes, sir. in many cases, it is excellent training. and i would offer if confirmed, i could talk to the commander and department of homeland se

state department and usaid has released such a strategy.at you get at is the essential determination conclusion that our efforts in confronting violent extremism and terrorism globally needs to be more comprehensive. it needs to scale up our effort to better understand the drivers and respond the radicalization that is leading to recruitment into these terrorist groups, that is enabling these groups to continue to recruit and identify and attract new members despite the fact that they offer only misery and death and destruction in their own communities that they control. we understand that we've had significant success in planting the cubicles of groups over time and certainly great success through intelligence and military law enforcement efforts in removing carriage leadership yet the script continue to attract new followers. so this strategy is an acknowledgment of the fact that our approach, with isaac our, united states working in partnership with countries around the globe needs to be expanded to better understand what is driving peop

eric postel from usaid and craig stevenson from the asian development thing. the segment will be moderated by scott morris who has been a committee member since he left his days at treasury and is now a senior fellow at the center for global development. he's also director of their rethinking used the taliban policy initiative i that space o broaden u.s. government approach to development. antiworker issues related to the isi and particularly the relationship between the isi and the united states. with that, scott, i believe it to you. >> thank you, randy. let me start with format. we are going to be having a conversation here, not formal remarks from the podium. i want to briefly introduce what is an excellent panel and really pleased and looking forward to having their insights on the broad topic of global development. i'm going to try my best to do a few minutes of framing of the issues before i turn to them for some questions, and then turn to you all for some questions. .. >> >> the really with the development costs -- policy. the new ceo with the initiat

the total appropriation now, state department, usaid, bbg, broadcast board of governors on u.s. side is about $100 million to counter russian propraganda. that money as you know goes for a number of things from clean, honest russian language programing, that bbg is now putting out every day, expansion of radio free europe, raid dough dpoa, to $88 million we use in the state department aid money to support civil society, independent media, journalist training, including outside of russia for those russian journalists who have fled. we're also doing quite a bit to bolster programing inside of russia to the extent that we can. this pales in comparison to the 400 million at least that russia is spending and frankly, to the levels that we spent during the cold war on these kind of things which were over a billion dollars a year in the days of old usia. >> can you talk about a little bit about the substance of what we're doing and who we're engaging to work with us on the content? is it journalists who are, or reporters who have fled russia who are helping us look what kind of message

it is the additional funding that could be used by state, usaid, voice of america and other agencies would not be there. we have to disrupt the flow of foreign fighters and foreign fighters are the lifeblood of isil. without the efforts of our diplomats around the world prodding our foreign partners to pass laws and more effectively enforce the laws on the books the efforts of the coalition to stem the flow of foreign fighters will never be successful. of course we have to protect the homeland. while a small portion of the department of homeland security is considered security-related activities under the budget caps, the vast majority of the department falls into the nonsecurity portion of the budget, providing no relief from the budget caps and the department of homeland security shortchanges efforts to secure our communities and borders against isil threats. and then again we have to provide support because of the huge crisis, humanitarian crisis that causes instability worldwide and particularly in areas of concern. virtually none of the activities that support humanitarian effor

as an insisted administrator at usaid. we spoke to the foreign relations committee. influence the to troops on the ground up so many these issues. i was hoping you could talk a little bit about that. is right and: i think it goes back to the comments that were made in my last panel left off. it really does go to building capacity. how we get from where we are now to where this report wants us to be. think there is a disjunction between security capacity and economic performance. makes nothing much sense because it is much more integrated and you when i'm talking to either much thought about our budget. it is basically between 400 and $500 million. the source that was to give people an illustration of how it works. the security portion. about two thirds of it was for everything else. important to the united states and for the israelis. to know that came as a package. was important politically. the congress was walking to give security money. it wasn't much used the palestinians. they couldn't politically keep it sustainable. it's not get the funding they desperately n

i think usaid can use them as well. you're nodding, good.nd i don't think we even knew -- needed to exist. so, yeah, i had no idea what i was getting into when i came to the state department and until many years later, really. >> justin, you served in the military and also as a front line civilian, so can you talk a little bit about the value that civilians offer to the military and also some of the challenges that these two groups have working together? >> yeah. i fundamentally believe that civilians bring a paradigm and a tool kit that folks in the military don't have. i had the opportunity to serve with army special operations. there is this mystique about special operation soldiers, they're able to do things that other people don't do. but, why uh-uh knin reference t you brought up, my story, my experience is very different. it was where we were hammers and everything around us was a nail. even though that wasn't the environment we were in, and that's -- that was the paradigm we viewed the world. i fundamentally believe two of the men i

the total appropriation now, state department, usaid, bbg, broadcast board of governors, on the u.s. side is about $100 million. to counter russian propaganda. that money, as you know, goes for a number of things, from clean, honest russian language programming that bbg is now putting out every day. the expansion of radio-free europe, to about $88 million we use in the state department and a.i. d. money to support journalist training, including outside russia for those russian journalists who have fled. we're also doing quite a bit to bolster programming inside russia to the extent that we can. but this pales in comparison to the $400 million at least that russia is spending. and frankly, to the levels that we spent during the cold war on these kinds of things which were over a billion dollars a year in the days of old usia. >> can you talk more about the substance of what we're doing and who we're engaging and working with us on the content. is it journalists who are reporters who have fled russia who are helping us look at what kind of messages we're using? are there others who are

formed,n usaid was there were very few courses on development around this country. now the course at berkeley that has the highest single attendance is the development course. 900 kids a semester taking the course. you have kids in high school and college setting up their own ngos and traveling around the world. in tops, everyone business schools all spend time in developing countries. you have huge amounts of innovation. the development breakthroughs are not necessarily coming out of development agencies or their partners. when we did our grand challenge on ebola, to deal with the fact that the suit that everyone uses was so hot in west africa, the resulting design that will enable people to work longer in the suit included a baltimore seamstress, a new york city fashion designer, and dupont. that is an amazing collection of people. that is now going into production for use in these hot climates. start looking through the implications, our relationship with the private sector is hugely transformed when you think of yourself more as the minority partner in the exerc

richard goodstein, and christian, these are the emails with the state department official and the usaid. the question is whether there was inappropriate lobbying. >> the agency for international development does a lot of that so the idea you could give a donation to the clinton foundation and throw some pay pa there way and get development grants is a big implication. adam: there are 300 pains of document the rnc has tried to get through the freedom of information act. do you think they will get it before july 11? >> if you ask both parties, who is more concerned about document coming out. is it donald trump's taxes or document about trump university which we know from his managers was a fraud. who is more concerned about that? or the hillary clinton documents. and we have had tens of thousands of those coming out. they are a big snooze. they talk about how do i set up my fax machine? if that's any indication from tens of thousands of document. adam: you just tried to shift this discussion in the issue. did the clinton foundation exercise inappropriate access to the state department in

what do you have in mind for of usaid toflexible uild upon their successful programs and also recruit retain the type of talent needed for this 21st century development approach? rep. royce: i think it's an excellent question you've asked and i've had the opportunity oversee seas to see where usaid flexibility, and when they had the flexibility and capability of working with some that maybe came out of central asia, where you have doctors here in the united states, you have business people here who have been successful. they want to put their money back. hey want to help the teaching colleges, or they want to help young women s for and so forth. with a little bit of partnering this can be a force multiplier in terms of offsetting what's coming out of the deal-bending madrasas, all right. but again, you need to build that flexibility in so you're really with those that know those villages. the americans that are originally from those areas that are now investing their dollars, their contributions in it, but with a little help, a little usaid, in that kind of an effort, you're much more

i don't know why you wouldn't give more people information if you have it yochl usaid there was more understanding -- >> i'll double-check on that. >> shouldn't americans know that? >> of course. >> that was mark from the state department doing a briefing on the terror attack in turkey. let's go first to katherine harris. what do we know first thb investigation. >> kimberly, thanks. wit rite now we're waiting to hear from john brennan in washington. this morning he told yahoo! new s he believes they're planning similar attacks inside the u.s. it's a level of sophistication they have not seen before. unlike brussels and marsh, the istanbul bombers relied on a combination of guns and suicide vests and the power of the bombs suggested weapons grade explosives. marco rubio said he does not think a terrorist group was responsible. >> this wasn't them. they usually hit buses full of soldiers and things of this nature. al qaeda hasn't shown a large propensity to attack turkey. i'm fairly confident this is an isis-directed operation in turkey. >> this attack is having a clear and direct impa

generally speaking, not getting better, and for usaid and the development arm who don't want to be bear-hugging dave or our military, that was always going to undercut us. one final thing. in host province we spent $53 million, give or take. commander dave adams and the pr team there did an incredible job prioritizing u.s. money. $53 million in host went quite far. of all the school wes built i want to estimate -- getting those from afghans and put it in at the book -- half probably are still functioning, which is not bad in the eastern most edge of afghanistan. it means half have nod -- not but it's bang for the buck. best money we spent in eastern afghanistan was $5,000, and how much does a drone cost? how much does a tank cost? how much does dave's salary cost? $5,000 to do what? we basically provided taxi fare for all of the bus students to get in the -- come down from the mountains and go to host university. the only role the americans had was to make sure that the drivers dropped them off at the university, and took them back. that's 5,000 bucks. just trying to be wise more than smart. i

said -- usaid administrator, to device a multiyear strategy for caribbean engagement. we want to see how a diplomatic and development efforts are focused on the caribbean with particular attention to energy security, the rule of law, efforts to combat drug trafficking, and ways to enhance economic cooperation. we want so improve our diplomatic efforts with respect to key votes at the united nations and the organization of american states. the best way to put together a new strategy towards the caribbean is to tap into the large caribbean community here in the united states. i did that for the four years that i was chairman of the western hemisphere subcommittee on the foreign affairs committee. this bill underscores the importance of consulting with the community, promoting their involvement

a -- usaid. the strategy was developed in the city of los angeles in the southern part of california and cities like war is mexico and columbia.- medillin we identify precisely certain zones in cities or even rural areas and provide a specifically targeted developmental and security approach to that zone. we have made some pretty cool progress in terms of effort to control gangs, both on enforcement efforts and efforts to provide alternatives to the particularly vulnerable youth in poor neighborhoods that are otherwise very susceptible to gang recruitment. least oneeen in at country, guatemala, on anticorruption effort can truly succeed. the organization is called succeed in we have been supporting it for seven years. for those of you who missed the story, at the end of last year, with the investigations, virtually the entire previous government of guatemala was , noted due to allegations yet prosecuted, allegations of corruption. an impossible are to name in entirety number of special law enforc

i think also usaid can use them.those are something that didn't exist and i don't think even knew needed to exist. i had no idea what i was getting into when i came to the state department until really years later, really. >> justin, you've served in the military and also as a frontline civilian, so can you talk a little bit about the value that civilians offer to the military and also some of the challenges that these two groups have working topgt? >> yeah. i fundamentally believe that civilians bring a paradigm and tool kit that folks in the military don't have. you know, i had the opportunity to serve within army special operations. you know, and there is this mystique about special operation soldiers that they're able to do things that other people don't do, bullet in reference to the op-ped you brought up a few minutes ago, my story, my experience is very different. we were hammers and everything around us was the nail even though that wasn't the environment we're in, but that was the paradigm that we viewed the

usaid funds the world food program. this is something most americans can take pride in.withe, collectively then, all of this funding, we kind of form be back own of the international humanitarian we kind of form the backbone of the international humanitarian system. if the u.s. was not there, the entire u.n. apparatus and the ngo's that are out there, many would fall flat. this is something that is taken for granted, but it's a very important thing. and the credit goes, year in and year out, to congress. we have had bipartisan support for a really strong, international humanitarian support coming from the united states. one of my chief concerns right now is that we could lose that justtisan support that has built us into this leader in terms of humanitarian assistance around the world. we are number one in aid to syria. and we are finding that in terms of helping europe, we really have a bit of a dilemma. there it is a matter of money. there it is a matter of political will and europe coming together to be decisive and decide how to do what they should in terms of helpin

amendment that would have allowed dod, upon approval to do some flexible transfer of funds to the usaidto accomplish cv goals that the dod viewed as more likely to be approved. i think the past chairman on the other side that represented thornberry saw its merit and i will continue to advocate for it i think one of the great aspects in terms of the formation was that it operated in a full government approach. the cbe mission, we would all agree is absolutely critical. we see evidence in the need for every day. we ought to be using the funds that we devote to it in the manner that is in effect but i will keep advocate for that and i wish you both the best and thank you for being here. >> many of us think that funding should come out of function according to the appropriations process rather than dipping into what is clearly argued for defense. it's clearly a state department program, not a pentagon program. one of the biggest problems we had is the syndrome that if you need money just go into the defense account because it's the largest. we have had very great success in the coordination

what people are interested in seeing the nature and extent of communications tweep usaid which is agency clinton foundation. we've seen some evidence of improper communications, potentially improper influence. i think idea that the emails might provide more evidence of that. leland: we heard rumors surrounding the fbi investigation into hillary clinton es email server that it may have expanded a little bit into the clinton foundation, whether there was favors done or improper influence on those kinds of things. cot emails be part of that or give us insight into that? >> i think they could. one thing they could certainly illustrate the extent either mrs. clinton or others close to her were using private email addresses which were launched from her home brew server to conduct official business or make communications that had an official component to it. and so the more we learn about this, the more signs we see of troubling usage of emails, of improper connections, improper communication, and it keeps going. right now they're fighting battles on multiple fronts to try to keep emails from t

we're working in an unprecedented way with usaid on what we call the place based strategy, not a new strategy. it was first developed in a city called los angeles in the southern part of california and cities like juarez, mexico, and colombia have pursued it as well successfully, by which we identify precisely certain zones in cities or even in rural areas and then provide a specifically targeted developmental and security approach to that zone. we have made some pretty cool progress in terms of efforts to control gangs, both law enforcement efforts and efforts to provide alternatives to the particularly vulnerable youth in poor neighborhoods that are otherwise very susceptible to gang recruitment. you have seen in at least one country, guatemala, how an anti-corruption effort can truly succeed. the organization, we have been supporting it now for seven years. and for those of you who missed this story, at the end of last year, with their investigation, virtually the entire previous government of guatemala was removed due to allegations, not yet prosecuted, but allegations of corrupt

the state department, the peace corps, usaid are the front lines for keeping our country safe, but they're underfunded and undermanned." and i ask consent that the statement by the general and the admiral be included at the end of my comments. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: thank you. mr. president, we should also remember that we voted on the balanced budget act. we voted on it because it is based on paimplet et spend -- on parity. the spending caps we put in place and everybody praised, they have consequence for both defense and non-defense sides of the ledger. the senator from arizona's one-dimensional approach ignores this bipartisan compromise supported by both the republicans and democrats. his amendment ignores the essential roles of development and diplomacy and play in national security. it ignores the domestic components, like a well-trained work, if a reliable infrastructure like energy or independence or like health systems that have the resources to protect the public from infectious diseases or contaminated drinking water or unsafe food. that's part of t

recently wrote an article just yesterday about how he had been advocating for increased investment by usaid in niger because they were getting such strong results addressing some of those on the middle causes of lack of hope and the -- some of those fundamental causes of lack of hope and the lack of feeling that there can be justice in the future. so, i think that there are multiple challenges -- the example of ebola which others have spoken about as well is also such a clear example to me of if we don't strengthen the local and regional capacity of the health systems that are elsewhere in the world, the threat very rapidly meets us here at home and so those i think are two wonderful examples but they do run the gamut and it is such an important reminder. i saw a recent poll that people do think that it's, you know, 24% of our budget and it is less than 1% and there is -- we do need to invest more in data and make our case, but it's already a very strong one and we have to get out there and make that case to the american people. >> thank you. i have a quick question, then i want to go to bi

recently wrote an article just yesterday about how he had been advocating for increased investment by usaid in niger because they were getting such results by dealing with the causes of lack of hope and the lack of feeling that there can be justice in the future. so, i think that there are multiple challenges -- the example of ebola which others have spoken about as well is also such a clear example to me of if we don't strengthen the local and regional capacity of the health systems that are elsewhere in the world, the threat very rapidly meets us hoar at home and so those i think are two wonderful examples but they do run the gamut and it is such an important reminder. i saw a recent poll that people do think that it's, you know, 24% of our budget and it is less than 1% and there is -- we do need to invest more in data and make our case, but it's already a very strong one and we have to get out there and make that case to the american people. >> thank you. i have a quick question, then i want to go to bill. it's not actually a quick question. it's an issue that i want you just to reflect

congress, we have dedicated approximately $250 million to these efforts between department of state and usaid, to issues such as training judges, prosecutors, courtroom personnel, law students. over 4000 have been trained to date through the department of justices prosecutorial training program. we also the number of law school and institutional exchange programs through the american bar association and a number of universities here in the united states. we are preparing law enforcement for their new roles in the accusatory ole justice sector. for instance, our department of justice partners have trained thousands of law enforcement and crime scene investigations, provide equipment for units and forensics, fingerprinting and other collection. so that mexico can comply with international standards. >> thank you. what i'm getting from this that there is progress being made although not everyone will meet the deadline. it's optimistic report. so that leads me to my final question, which i alluded to in my statement. as we continue to work with the mexican government, but that's just critical. we

recently wrote an article just yesterday about how he had been advocating for increased investment by usaid in niger because they were getting such strong results addressing some of those on the middle -- some of those fundamental causes of lack of hope and the lack of feeling that there can be justice in the future. so, i think that there are multiple challenges -- the example of ebola which others have spoken about as well is also such a clear example to me of if we don't strengthen the local and regional capacity of the health systems that are elsewhere in the world, the threat very rapidly meets us here at home and so those i think are two wonderful examples but they do run the gamut and it is such an important reminder. i saw a recent poll that people do think that it's, you know, 24% of our budget and it is less than 1% and there is -- we do need to invest more in data and make our case, but it's already a very strong one and we have to get out there and make that case to the american people. >> thank you. i have a quick question, then i want to go to bill. it's not actually a quick q

the total appropriation now, state department, usaid, b.b.g., broadcast board of governors on the u.s. side is about $100 million to counter russian propaganda. that money, as you know, goes to a number of things, from clean honest russian language programming that b.b.g. is now putting out every day, the expansion of radio free europe, to about $88 million that we use in state department and aid money to support civil society, independent media, journalist training, including outside russia for the russian journalists who have fled. we're also doing quite a bit to bolster programming inside russia to the extent that we can but this pales in comparison to the $400 million at least russia is spending and frankly to the levels that we spent during the cold war on these kinds of things which were over $1 billion a year in a.i. ys of old u.s. senator shaheen: can you talk about who was working with us on the content? is it journalist who is -- reporters who have fled russia who are helping us look at what kind of messages we're using? are there others who are ngaged in that effort with us

she went to mali on a usaid supported research project focused on women's reproductive health. raised in new jersey, anita devoted her entire career to international public health and development. she started as a peace corps volunteer in senegal and then continued to travel throughout sub-saharan africa, latin america, and the caribbean helping vulnerable communities escape poverty and disease. anita founded a nonprofit organization that connects low-income women in developing countries to quality health services. she was especially committed to expanding access to family planning services and treating and preventing h.i.v.. anita's son is in the gallery today with his father david. they will join anita's friends and colleagues at a reception this evening at the u.s. institute of peace to remember anita and celebrate the mark er work left on so many. rohan recently moved to my home district in new york. we're proud and honored to have you in our community. your mom made the world a better place through her passion, her spirit, and dedication to helping others. herselfless comm

so for example, for people to go out and visit schools where usaid has programs, any given single school visit isn't the most important thing in a mission profile. any one day that trip can be canceled because the ambassador has to go somewhere. fine. they can't be canceled every day. so we have to come up with new ways of thinking about risk and mission accomplishment that allows us to accomplish not just what's urgent but what is also long term and very important. >> thank you, becky, and thank you to you, justin and angelic, for speaking today. if you have a couple minutes, definitely go to the page, read their stories. they're really, really interesting. please contribute your own if you're a front line civilian. give them a round of applause. [ applause ] >> and we have more now from this recent conference of the truman center for national policy and the truman national security project. a panel of investors and venture capitalists discuss how technology and innovation are helping to advance economic development in africa. they talk about the growth of tech companies, challenges for

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economic research service from usaid came out with a report two weeks ago that made clear that the major driver offen creased poverty in rural places in those ten years business inequality. i recommend you, commend you to that report from the economic research service. so, you know, so that's new. there's more families that have problems. now just in the last year and a half or two years that poverty rate is starting to trend down again which is fantastic. but in response, there's been work on both the 2008 and then the 2014 farm bill to adjust it a little bit. there's a program called the healthy food financing initiative that is a partnership between hhs, health and human services, and treasury, particularly the cdfi group, and usda to target financing to stores in areas of low access. food deserts has become sort of a -- that's a term of art so i'm going to stay away from that particular term. t that program is starting to grow. and i think we'll see, hopefully see more and more. there's -- candidly, i think a lot to learn yet about those areas of low food access. i think we have lear

working on very hard with members of congress and the senate's since 2014 and the total appropriation of usaid is about $100 million to counter russia propaganda that money goes for a number of things from russian language programming that is put out every day the expansion in the of radio free europe to about $88 million from 80 money to support independent media in journalism training including outside russian journalist who have fled we're also doing quite a bit to bolster programing but this pales in comparison to the 400 million that russia is spending and frankly to the levels that we spin during the cold war which was over $1 billion per year >> talk about the substance of what we're doing and who we are engaging is it reporters who have fled russia who are helping us look at what types of messages we're using? are there others that are engaged in that effort with us? >> i will be 30,000 feet if you allow me to protect them that we do conduct training programs in various locations in europe for those who have fled or who are trying to get training to go back in we support a number of ru