Obama proposed to "increase both the numbers and capabilities of our diplomats, development experts and other civilians who can work alongside our military" in places threatened by extremism; to help weak states build "independent judicial systems, honest police forces" and transparent financial systems; to double foreign assistance by 2012; to close Guantánamo and end torture.
"We will be weighing inputs from our military commanders, as well as the intelligence community, our diplomats and development experts as we make decisions on our post-2014 presence," the official said.
When I became Secretary of State, I asked our diplomats and development experts: "How can we do better?" I could see our strengths, including tens of thousands of public servants who get up every day thinking about how to advance America's interests and promote our values around the world.
Speaking to a large audience at the State Department, Mrs. Clinton said, "With the right tools, training and leadership, our diplomats and development experts can defuse crises before they explode and create new opportunities for economic growth".
He also may implicitly be referring to the US private sector, to whom Secretary Clinton spoke to last Friday in Silicon Valley, asking business leaders and entrepreneurs for help in forming "public-private partnerships that link the on-the-ground experience of our diplomats and development experts with the energy and resources of the business community".
This marks only the second time researchers have generated a whole organ from a single stem cell, representing major advances for stem cell research and our understanding of prostate development, experts say.
Is it not unconscionable that our diplomats and foreign development experts have to fight for what amounts to table scraps compared to the cornucopia of funding and resources available to the Pentagon and DoD?
Over the past year, we've dramatically increased our civilian presence, with more diplomats and development experts working alongside our troops, risking their lives and partnering with Afghans.
Our Global Apps for Development Competition for example, gave us the opportunity to put development experts into direct contact with software developers.
