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    Until the QDDR is complete, Lew said the administration cannot comment about foreign aid reform bills in the House and Senate. On Tuesday, "Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Ben Cardin, D-MD introduced [another] resolution ... aimed at strengthening the agency and its future leader" (10/14). NPR also reports on Wednesday's panel where the "consensus was there can't be serious debate ... without a director." Full Article at Medical News Today
    Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Ben Cardin, D-MD introduced [another] resolution ... aimed at strengthening the agency and its future leader
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Panel Discusses Future Of USAID, QDDR
  1. What we want to make sure is that we've got equal strength on the diplomacy side and the development side.
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 1 month ago
  2. The team also found themselves dealing with another rumor - that the QDDR process is cover for State to absorb USAID
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 1 month ago
  3. The vision that [Secretary of State Hillary Clinton] has coming out of the QDDR is of a much stronger, much better-resourced USAID ... and better integrated in the counsels of decision in every country.
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 1 month ago
  4. seemed clear that USAID was on its way to becoming a more, not less, integrated part of the State Department.
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 1 month ago
  5. We're seeing a lot of the development versus diplomacy line starting to disappear ... and I think that's ultimately going to be the path to success.
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 1 month ago

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