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Bring the Foreign Assistance Act into the 21st Century
Target: 2008 Presidential Candidates
Sponsored by: Global Development Matters
The world is becoming increasingly interconnected as opportunities and challenges here in the U.S. and abroad tie us to the rest of the world in ways we are only beginning to understand.
American foreign assistance programs have proved to be an influential aspect of our engagement with the world in the past, but our foreign assistance policy was written in 1961. A lot has changed since then.
We need a new foreign assistance policy for the 21st century. The 2008 presidential elections are our chance to make that happen. Please take a moment read and sign the petition to call on the next president to make modernizing foreign assistance a priority in the next administration.
Sponsored by: Global Development Matters
American foreign assistance programs have proved to be an influential aspect of our engagement with the world in the past, but our foreign assistance policy was written in 1961. A lot has changed since then.
We need a new foreign assistance policy for the 21st century. The 2008 presidential elections are our chance to make that happen. Please take a moment read and sign the petition to call on the next president to make modernizing foreign assistance a priority in the next administration.
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10:32 am PDT, Jun 20,
Don Miller, California
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Gloria Masoner, Nebraska
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Kathryn Kaiser, New York
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Kathy Hammond, New Jersey
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Stephan Durkel, New York
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Jennifer Ciambrone, New Jersey
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7:44 am PDT, Jun 20,
SJ SC, Ohio
Please concentrate more on assistance, development, fair trade, and eradicating debt of impoverished countries.
Please concentrate more on assistance, development, fair trade, and eradicating debt of impoverished countries.
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Tamara DeMaio, Massachusetts
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Can Atik, Turkey
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Carmen Allen, Florida
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Heather Harmon, Rhode Island
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Eric Serxner, New York
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Timothy Harris, Iowa
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Karen Gonzales, California
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Christine Radice, Massachusetts
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1:01 pm PDT, Jun 19,
Aleasha Casaretto, Texas
We need not be isolationist as the past 8 yrs has driven us. Anything that we can do now to improve our image in the world, we Americans needs to do it. Dear Candidate for U.S. President, As a candidate to become the next president of the United States, you are no doubt preparing to tackle many of the issues on voters' minds - the economy, health care, affordable education, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We need not be isolationist as the past 8 yrs has driven us. Anything that we can do now to improve our image in the world, we Americans needs to do it. Dear Candidate for U.S. President, As a candidate to become the next president of the United States, you are no doubt preparing to tackle many of the issues on voters' minds - the economy, health care, affordable education, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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12:55 pm PDT, Jun 19,
Kelley Alvarez, California
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Joanne Alexander, Illinois
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10:30 am PDT, Jun 19,
David Abbs, Canada
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9:39 am PDT, Jun 19,
Ma Bailey, Ohio
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9:38 am PDT, Jun 19,
Densie Crowe, New Jersey
Dear Candidate for U.S. President, As a candidate to become the next president of the United States, you are no doubt preparing to tackle many of the issues on voters' minds - the economy, health care, affordable education, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But a concern related to all of these things will be at the forefront of my mind when I cast my vote on November 4th: your vision for a better, safer America and world. I'm concerned that the most visible part of our foreign policy today - how we relate to the governments, people and trends around the world - is our military strength, and not other aspects of American innovation, generosity and values. Our foreign assistance programs show another way the U.S. engages the rest of the world. They've helped virtually eradicate diseases such as smallpox and river blindness, put more children in school around the world, and reduced the number of people living worldwide on less than a dollar a day by more than 400 million. view more But our foreign assistance policy was written in 1961. A lot has changed since then. And just as the military constantly upgrades and refines its technology and tactics to better protect the U.S. and our interests, we need a new foreign assistance policy that helps us do more and better to address today's challenges - poverty, infectious disease, instability and global warming. Because what happens in other parts of the world now directly affects our security, our jobs, our health, and our way of life. We need a modern Foreign Assistance Act to help improve our image in the rest of the world, expand economic opportunities, and make us safer and more prosperous at home. If elected president in the 2008 national election, please make it your priority to bring the Foreign Assistance Act into the 21st century. Sincerely, D. Crowe
Dear Candidate for U.S. President, As a candidate to become the next president of the United States, you are no doubt preparing to tackle many of the issues on voters' minds - the economy, health care, affordable education, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But a concern related to all of these things will be at the forefront of my mind when I cast my vote on November 4th: your vision for a better, safer America and world. I'm concerned that the most visible part of our foreign policy today - how we relate to the governments, people and trends around the world - is our military strength, and not other aspects of American innovation, generosity and values. Our foreign assistance programs show another way the U.S. engages the rest of the world. They've helped virtually eradicate diseases such as smallpox and river blindness, put more children in school around the world, and reduced the number of people living worldwide on less than a dollar a day by more than 400 million. view more But our foreign assistance policy was written in 1961. A lot has changed since then. And just as the military constantly upgrades and refines its technology and tactics to better protect the U.S. and our interests, we need a new foreign assistance policy that helps us do more and better to address today's challenges - poverty, infectious disease, instability and global warming. Because what happens in other parts of the world now directly affects our security, our jobs, our health, and our way of life. We need a modern Foreign Assistance Act to help improve our image in the rest of the world, expand economic opportunities, and make us safer and more prosperous at home. If elected president in the 2008 national election, please make it your priority to bring the Foreign Assistance Act into the 21st century. Sincerely, D. Crowe
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9:08 am PDT, Jun 19,
Clark Walker, Texas
Anything that we can do now to improve our image in the world , we Americans need to do it. Revamping the Foriegn Assistance Act is a step in the right direction.
Anything that we can do now to improve our image in the world , we Americans need to do it. Revamping the Foriegn Assistance Act is a step in the right direction.
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Gudrun Benkendorf, New Jersey
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Sherry Foco, Michigan
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Tori Bush, Florida
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Barbara Hardy, Minnesota
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Thomas Ramey Watson, Colorado
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Frank Arnold, California
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Anthony Bell, Texas
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Sharon Barbour, California
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Calvin Davenport, California
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Amanda Carrasquillo, Connecticut
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John Bush, Pennsylvania
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Neda Fioozat, California
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Eileen Macmillan, California
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Rachel H, Ohio
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Killian O'Connell, Virginia
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Aaron Dimsdale, California
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Patricia Snipes, New Mexico
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Karen Schreiber, New Hampshire
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Malyka Knapp-Smith, West Virginia
We need not be isolationist as the past 8 yrs has driven us.....we need to be a part of the global community and aid those in ways in which we should aid each other in our own country, and the good deeds will be reciprocated.
We need not be isolationist as the past 8 yrs has driven us.....we need to be a part of the global community and aid those in ways in which we should aid each other in our own country, and the good deeds will be reciprocated.
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Judyta Dymkowska, Poland
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Sarah Soos, Texas
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Luis Alfonso Medeles, Texas