Trump's Budget Grasps What Congress Doesn't: America's Global Leadership Doesn't Come Free
Congress should use Trump's budget to reform the State Department and foreign-assistance programs.
In response to Trump’s budget, former Secretary of State Colin Powell recently wrote that American leadership is not free. That is certainly true. But unless Congress can get control of the budget, we may be forced to test Powell’s claim.
Brett D. Schaefer is the Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs at the Heritage Foundation.
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