From a Press Release that just came in, a few points derived from remarks by Anne-Marie Slaughter, head of Policy Planning at the Department of State clarify the nature and content of the address coming up at 1:30 today.
- This speech is a major policy address that really should be read in the context of the Secretary’s policy speeches at the Council on Foreign Relations in July and more recently, her speech on human rights, democracy, and development at Georgetown just before Christmas.
- This is a subject on which the Secretary has thought a great deal and is enormously committed to elevating development and integrating it with diplomacy and defense as equal pillars of our foreign policy.
- She is going to emphasize the need to ensure that all of our development activities are accountable, transparent, and results-oriented.
- This speech is being given in the context of two important ongoing reviews of development policy – the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review being conducted at AID and the State Department.