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Participant says State Department should prioritize measurable outcomes tied to U.S. national interest
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A meeting participant argued the U.S. Department of State should focus foreign-policy spending on programs that make the country safer, stronger or more prosperous and that each dollar produce measurable outcomes.
A meeting participant said the U.S. Department of State must deliver a foreign policy rooted in the national interest and ensure that every dollar and every action taken produces measurable outcomes that benefit the American people.
The comment framed prioritization of foreign policy as a matter of measurable returns: programs and actions should achieve at least one of three goals — make the country safer, stronger or more prosperous — and ideally accomplish all three.
"Every dollar we spend and every action we take has to have measurable outcomes that deliver for the American people," the participant said. They added, "It has to do at least one of those three things, and ideally, whether it's a program or a measure that we take, it should do all three of them."
The speaker also acknowledged that while there are "some great causes" and "horrifying things" abroad, the United States cannot address every global problem and must prioritize areas aligned with national interest.
There were no motions, votes or formal decisions recorded on the subject; the remarks were presented as discussion only.
