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document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/24/rieff-clintons-muddled-approach-to-development/" title="<h6>Rieff:  Clinton’s “Muddled” Approach to Development</h6>"><strong><h6>Rieff:  Clinton’s “Muddled” Approach to Development</h6></strong><br />');
document.write('\"No, money may not be everything, but \'follow the money\' remains the best advice for understanding what the priorities of the American government really are.” &bull; August 24 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/20/noteworthy-news-pakistan-floods/" title="<h6>Noteworthy News – Pakistan Floods</h6>"><strong><h6>Noteworthy News – Pakistan Floods</h6></strong><br />');
document.write('See below for a sampling of opinion pieces and news articles discussing the floods in Pakistan and the disaster&#8217;s implications for security and development: Pakistan&#8217;s tragic flooding demands an international response (The Washington Post editorial, August 17) There is a strategic case for aiding Pakistan in this time of crisis. Timely, generous assistance could improve America&#8217;s image [...] &bull; August 20 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/10/mfan-member-staats-on-vacancies-at-usaid/" title="<h6>MFAN Member Staats on Vacancies at USAID</h6>"><strong><h6>MFAN Member Staats on Vacancies at USAID</h6></strong><br />');
document.write('\"USAID cannot be the premier development agency everyone envisions without appointed and confirmed leaders at the helm of its regional and functional bureaus. Nor can it elevate development across the U.S. government — as Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and even Secretary of Defense Robert Gates have called for — without a full cadre of assistant administrators to inform major development policy reviews taking place right now and congressional efforts to rewrite foreign assistance &bull; August 10 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/05/mfan-statement-more-than-200-endorsers-agree-that-aid-reform-is-within-reach/" title="<h6>MFAN Statement: More than 200 Endorsers Agree that Aid Reform is Within Reach</h6>"><strong><h6>MFAN Statement: More than 200 Endorsers Agree that Aid Reform is Within Reach</h6></strong><br />');
document.write('August 5, 2010 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs David Beckmann and George Ingram: Forty days after President Obama pledged to issue a new development policy “in the near future” – and with no word yet on when it will be released – MFAN, joined [...] &bull; August 5 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/07/16/20-days-and-counting/" title="<h6>20 Days and Counting</h6>"><strong><h6>20 Days and Counting</h6></strong><br />');
document.write('“At a policy level, the administration should be commended for its approach to development…Progress on actual nuts and bolts of turning policy into action has been less forthcoming. It is time to act on the broad recognition that multiple agencies carrying out similar or inconsistent programs is not good practice; that assistance programs need greater transparency and accountability; and that the legislative foundation for our foreign assistance system, a 500-page Cold War-era statute, lacks clear goals and objectives and is bursting at the seams with outdated, overlapping, and duplicative and conflicting provisions.” &bull; July 16 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/07/09/washington-post-columnist-president-has-hard-choices-to-make-on-development/" title="<h6>Washington Post Columnist: President Has Hard Choices to Make on Development</h6>"><strong><h6>Washington Post Columnist: President Has Hard Choices to Make on Development</h6></strong><br />');
document.write('\"The Pentagon says it wants out of the development business because that\'s not what it does. So the question, which apparently the White House will resolve, is whether development is going to be a distinct, though coordinated, function. That is, who\'s going to be in charge of development out in the field.\" &bull; July 9 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/06/28/mfan-statement-praise-for-president-obamas-development-leadership-at-the-g8-summit/" title="<h6>MFAN Statement: Praise for President Obama’s Development Leadership at the G8 Summit</h6>"><strong><h6>MFAN Statement: Praise for President Obama’s Development Leadership at the G8 Summit</h6></strong><br />');
document.write('MFAN commends President Obama for showing leadership on development with his statement at the G8/G20 Summit in Toronto. &bull; June 28 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/06/24/stimson-centers-adams-on-encroachment-of-defense/" title="<h6>Stimson Center’s Adams on Encroachment of Defense</h6>"><strong><h6>Stimson Center’s Adams on Encroachment of Defense</h6></strong><br />');
document.write('General Stanley McChrystal’s candid disrespect for civilian leadership is being treated as an issue of bad judgment and personality.  But this episode reveals a much deeper dilemma for American statecraft, one that has long roots but has reached near crisis proportions over the past ten years: the gradual erosion of civilian leadership and the militarization of our foreign and security policy. &bull; June 24 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/05/17/ruth-messinger-ties-reform-message-to-aids-battle/" title="<h6>Ruth Messinger Ties Reform Message to AIDS Battle</h6>"><strong><h6>Ruth Messinger Ties Reform Message to AIDS Battle</h6></strong><br />');
document.write('\"Instead of losing ground on one front in order to gain on another, we should explore creative methods to finance all the work that needs to be done by demanding a stronger commitment from global leaders and the US Congress. More broadly, we must support the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act (S. 1524) introduced in July 2009. The bill promotes global development, good governance, and a reduction of poverty and hunger. Specifically, the passage of S. 1524 will rebuild and strengthen strategic planning and human resources at USAID; address USAID operating expenses; increase accountability and transparency in US foreign assistance; and improve development coordination in the field.\" &bull; May 17 2010</a></li>');
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