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BUILDING A BETTER, SAFER WORLD ADVISORY COUNCIL Colin L. Powell, Honorary Chairman Secretary of State (2001 – 2005)

Madeleine Korbel Albright Stephen J. Hadley Tim Pawlenty Secretary of State (1997 – 2001) National Security Advisor (2005 – 2009) Governor, Minnesota (2003-2011) George Allen Lee H. Hamilton William J. Perry U.S. Senate (2001 – 2007) U.S. House of Representatives (1965 – 1999) Secretary of Defense (1994 – 1997) Richard Armitage Vice Chair, 9/11 Commission (2002 – 2004) Deputy Secretary of State (2001 – 2005) Gary Hart Secretary of State (2005 – 2009) James A. Baker III U.S. Senate (1975 – 1987) Bill Richardson Secretary of State (1989 – 1992) Carla Hills Governor, New (2003 – 2011) Howard Berman U.S. Trade Representative (1989 – 1993) U.S. House of Representatives (1983 – 2013) Secretary of Homeland Security (2003 – 2005) Bill Bradley U.S. Senate (2009 – 2015) Chuck Robb U.S. Senate (1979 – 1997) Robert Kasten, Jr. U.S. Senate (1989 – 2001) Harold Brown U.S. Senate (1981 – 1993) Mike Rogers Secretary of Defense (1977 – 1981) Tom Kean U.S. House of Representatives (2001 – 2015) Governor, New Jersey (1982 – 1990) George P. Shultz Chair, 9/11 Commission (2002 – 2004) National Security Advisor (1977 – 1981) Secretary of State (1982 – 1989) Frank Carlucci Henry A. Kissinger Lawrence Summers Secretary of State (1973 – 1977) Secretary of Defense (1987 – 1989) Secretary of the Treasury (1999 – 2001) Jim Kolbe John Warner U.S. House of Representatives (1985 – 2007) Secretary of State (2009 – 2013) U.S. Senate (1979 – 2009) Bob Livingston J.C. Watts U.S. House of Representatives (1977 – 1999) Secretary of Defense (1997 – 2001) U.S. House of Representatives (1995 – 2003) Norm Coleman Richard Lugar Vin Weber U.S. Senate (1977 – 2013) U.S. Senate (2003 – 2009) U.S. House of Representatives (1981 – 1993) Tom Daschle Connie Mack III Timothy E. Wirth U.S. Senate (1989 – 2001) U.S. Senate (1987 – 2005) U.S. Senate (1987 – 1993) Bill Frist Mel Martinez James D. Wolfensohn U.S. Senate (2005 – 2009) U.S. Senate (1995 – 2007) World Bank President (1995 – 2005) Sam Nunn Robert B. Zoellick U.S. Senate (1972 – 1997) Secretary of Defense (2006 – 2011) World Bank President (2007 – 2012) Carlos Gutierrez Paul O’Neill Secretary of the Treasury (2001 – 2004) Secretary of Commerce (2005 – 2009) NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL CO-CHAIRS Admiral S. Robert Foley, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Frederick McCorkle, USMC (Ret.) Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Benjamin C. Freakley, USA (Ret.) General David D. McKiernan, USA (Ret.) General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret.) General Carlton W. Fulford, Jr., USMC (Ret.) General Craig R. McKinley, USAF (Ret.) Lt. General Robert G. Gard, Jr., USA (Ret.) General Dan K. McNeill, USA (Ret.) Admiral Charles S. Abbot, USN (Ret.) Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., USN (Ret.) General Merrill A. McPeak, USAF (Ret.) General John R. Allen, USMC (Ret.) Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Paul T. Mikolashek, USA (Ret.) Admiral Thad W. Allen, USCG (Ret.) Lt. General Arthur J. Gregg, USA (Ret.) Vice Admiral Joseph S. Mobley, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Edward G. Anderson III, USA (Ret.) Lt. General Wallace C. Gregson, USMC (Ret.) Vice Admiral John G. Morgan, Jr. USN (Ret.) Lt. General Thomas L. Baptiste, USAF (Ret.) Vice Admiral Lee F. Gunn, USN (Ret.) General Thomas R. Morgan, USMC (Ret.) General Burwell Bell III, USA (Ret.) General Michael W. Hagee, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General Carol A. Mutter, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General Paul Blackwell, USA (Ret.) General John W. Handy, USAF (Ret.) Admiral Robert J. Natter, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Ronald R. Blanck, USA (Ret.) Admiral John C. Harvey, Jr., USN (Ret.) Lt. General Gregory S. Newbold, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General H. Steven Blum, USA (Ret.) Vice Admiral Robert S. Harward, Jr., USN (Ret.) General William L. Nyland, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General Steven W. Boutelle, USA (Ret.) General Richard E. Hawley, USAF (Ret.) General Robert C. Oaks, USAF (Ret.) Admiral Frank L. Bowman, USN (Ret.) General Michael V. Hayden, USAF (Ret.) Lt. General Henry A. Obering III, USAF (Ret.) General Charles G. Boyd, USAF (Ret.) Admiral Ronald J. Hays, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Tad J. Oelstrom, USAF (Ret.) General Arthur E. Brown, Jr., USA (Ret.) General Richard D. Hearney, USMC (Ret.) Admiral Eric T. Olson, USN (Ret.) General Bryan Doug Brown, USA (Ret.) General Paul V. Hester, USAF (Ret.) Lt. General H.P. “Pete” Osman, USMC (Ret.) Vice Admiral Michael Bucchi, USN (Ret.) General James T. Hill, USA (Ret.) Lt. General Jeffrey W. Oster, USMC (Ret.) Admiral James B. Busey IV, USN (Ret.) Admiral James R. Hogg, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Charles P. Otstott, USA (Ret.) Lt. General John H. Campbell, USAF (Ret.) Lt. General Walter S. Hogle, Jr., USAF (Ret.) Admiral William A. Owens, USN (Ret.) General George W. Casey, Jr., USA (Ret.) Lt. General Patrick M. Hughes, USA (Ret.) Lt. General Frank A. Panter, Jr., USMC (Ret.) Lt. General John G. Castellaw, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General William E. Ingram, Jr., USA (Ret.) Vice Admiral David Pekoske, USCG (Ret.) General Peter W. Chiarelli, USA (Ret.) General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., USA (Ret.) Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Daniel W. Christman, USA (Ret.) General James L. Jamerson, USAF (Ret.) Lt. General Harry D. Raduege, Jr., USAF (Ret.) Lt. General George R. Christmas, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General Arlen D. Jameson, USAF (Ret.) Vice Admiral Norman W. Ray, USN (Ret.) Admiral Vernon E. Clark, USN (Ret.) Admiral Gregory G. Johnson, USN (Ret.) Lt. General John F. Regni, USAF (Ret.) General Wesley K. Clark, USA (Ret.) Admiral Jerome L. Johnson, USN (Ret.) General Victor “Gene” E. Renuart, USAF (Ret.) Admiral Archie R. Clemins, USN (Ret.) General John P. Jumper, USAF (Ret.) General Robert W. RisCassi, USA (Ret.) General John G. Coburn, USA (Ret.) Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Michael D. Rochelle, USA (Ret.) General Richard A. “Dick” Cody, USA (Ret.) Lt. General P. K. “Ken” Keen, USA (Ret.) Vice Admiral Ronald A. Route, USN (Ret.) Lt. General John B. Conaway, USAF (Ret.) Lt. General Richard L. Kelly, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General John B. Sams, Jr., USAF (Ret.) General James T. Conway, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General Claudia J. Kennedy, USA (Ret.) General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA (Ret.) General Donald G. Cook, USAF (Ret.) General Paul J. Kern, USA (Ret.) Lt. General Norman R. Seip, USAF (Ret.) Vice Admiral Thomas Copeman III, USN (Ret.) General William F. Kernan, USA (Ret.) General Henry H. Shelton, USA (Ret.) General John D.W. Corley, USAF (Ret.) Lt. General Donald L. Kerrick, USA (Ret.) General Lance L. Smith, USAF (Ret.) General Bantz J. Craddock, USA (Ret.) General Ronald E. Keys, USAF (Ret.) Admiral Leighton W. Smith, Jr., USN (Ret.) Vice Admiral Lewis W. Crenshaw, Jr., USN (Ret.) Lt. General Bruce B. Knutson, USMC (Ret.) Admiral William D. Smith, USN (Ret.) Lt. General John “Mark” M. Curran, USA (Ret.) Vice Admiral Albert H. Konetzni, Jr., USN (Ret.) Lt. General James N. Soligan, USAF (Ret.) General Terrence R. Dake, USMC (Ret.) General Charles Chandler Krulak, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General Martin R. Steele, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General Joseph E. DeFrancisco, USA (Ret.) General Leon J. LaPorte, USA (Ret.) General Carl W. Stiner, USA (Ret.) Lt. General David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.) Vice Admiral Stephen F. Loftus, USN (Ret.) Vice Admiral Edward M. Straw, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Robert R. Dierker, USAF (Ret.) General William R. Looney III, USAF (Ret.) Vice Admiral William D. Sullivan, USN (Ret.) Admiral Kirkland H. Donald, USN (Ret.) Admiral T. Joseph “Joe” Lopez, USN (Ret.) Admiral Carlisle A. H. Trost, USN (Ret.) Admiral Walter F. Doran, USN (Ret.) General Lance W. Lord, USAF (Ret.) Lt. General William J. Troy, USA (Ret.) Lt. General James M. Dubik, USA (Ret.) Lt. General James J. Lovelace, USA (Ret.) Admiral Henry G. Ulrich, USN (Ret.) Lt. General Michael M. Dunn, USAF (Ret.) Admiral James M. Loy, USCG (Ret.) General Charles F. Wald, USAF (Ret.) General Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF (Ret.) General Robert Magnus, USMC (Ret.) General William S. Wallace, USA (Ret.) Admiral Leon A. Edney, USN (Ret.) Vice Admiral Joseph Maguire, USN (Ret.) Lt. General William E. “Kip” Ward, USA (Ret.) Lt. General Kenneth E. Eickmann, USAF (Ret.) General James N. Mattis, USMC (Ret.) Lt. General Joseph H. Wehrle, Jr., USAF (Ret.) Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr., USN (Ret.) Admiral Henry H. Mauz, Jr., USN (Ret.) General Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC (Ret.) Admiral William J. Fallon, USN (Ret.) General Barry R. McCaffrey, USA (Ret.) 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The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) is a broad-based influential network of 400 businesses and NGOs; national security and foreign policy experts; and business, faith-based, academic, military, and U.S. FEDERAL community leaders in all 50 states who support strategic investments to elevate development and diplomacy BUDGET alongside defense in order to build a better, safer world.

WHAT WE DO INTERNATIONAL The USGLC works in our nation’s capital and across AFFAIRS BUDGET 1% the country to educate and inspire support from the American public and policymakers on the importance of America’s civilian-led tools of development and diplomacy. By advocating for a strong and effective With a mere one percent of the entire U.S. International Affairs Budget, the USGLC is working to federal budget, the International Affairs make development and diplomacy a keystone of America’s Budget supports all of America’s civilian engagement with the world. tools of development and diplomacy.

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Why It Matters In today’s interconnected world, America must use all of the instruments of national security and foreign policy at its disposal. America’s civilian tools of development and diplomacy are underfunded and undermanned, which is why the USGLC supports a strong and effective International Affairs Budget for:

Protecting National Security by fighting terrorism, stabilizing weak and fragile states, combating weapons proliferation, and promoting global stability;

Building Economic Prosperity by developing international markets, driving economic development, creating American jobs, and expanding exports;

Strengthening Humanitarian Values by saving lives, alleviating global poverty and hunger, fighting HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, and expanding educational opportunities for women and girls. Influencing the Debate ■ Promote bipartisan support for the U.S. International Affairs Budget ■ Provide up-to-date resources, analysis, and information to opinion leaders and policy makers ■ Mobilize diverse, influential networks of business, faith-based, military, non-profit, and community leaders across the country ■ Engage national security and military experts on the importance of development and diplomacy alongside defense ■ Host national policy forums to elevate the conversation about America’s role in the world

USGLC on the Road ■ Educate the American public about the importance of development and diplomacy ■ Strengthen and build a national constituency for U.S. global engagement ■ Meet with members of Congress about key foreign policy issues ■ Convene innovative forums in states to engage community leaders and advance our message

USGLC in the News ■ Serve as a resource to national, regional, and state media ■ Publish opinion editorials and participate in television and radio interviews ■ Showcase our vast network of foreign policy, military, and community leaders at the local and national level ■ Expand the foreign assistance conversation through the latest digital and social media tools