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The first Monday in February approaches. Must be budget time.

For International affairs programs — that small but mighty 1% of federal spending – the omnibus updates and prioritizes (for the first time in two years) where and how our nation deploys our assets overseas.

Developments on the budget front continue to evolve rapidly, so we are pleased to provide this latest installment of our “Budget Watch” that summarizes the status of the current budget negotiations and the impact on the International Affairs Budget.

The 112th Congress will return to Capitol Hill on November 13th for organizational meetings, leadership elections, and to deal with the looming “fiscal cliff” at the end of the year created by (among other items) the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts, the onset of sequestration budget cuts, and another breach of the federal debt ceiling.

The first issue to be resolved is getting both chambers and the Administration to agree on the CR’s top-line discretionary spending level.  A short-term CR often continues programs at current year spending levels and contains few, if any...

The President’s FY12 request comes amidst great uncertainty regarding FY11 spending levels, with votes expected this week in the House of Representatives to cut $100 billion from discretionary programs, including 19 percent from the International...

At 10:00 am today, President Obama released to Congress his FY 2011 Budget request, which totals $3.8 trillion.  At 1:00 PM, Dep. Secretary of State Jack Lew will unveil the details of the International Affairs portion of the budget request in...

This morning’s forum highlighted the growing consensus across the political and civilian-military spectrums about the need to bolster the smart power tools of development and diplomacy, including strengthening the U.S. Agency for International...