Confirmation Hearing for USAID Administrator
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2007
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Acting Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Henrietta H. Fore, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during her confirmation hearing for the position as Administrator of the agency. Acting Administrator Fore was nominated in May, 2007.
At the present time, she is also serving as the Acting Director of Foreign Assistance and the Undersecretary for Management at the U.S. State Department. Previously, she also served as the Director of the U.S. Mint in the Department of Treasury from 2001 to 2005 and as an Assistant Administrator with USAID from 1989 to 1993, first as the Assistant Administrator for Private Enterprise and then as the Assistant Administrator for Asia.
"In short, USAID's unique, long-term development focus is an invaluable instrument for U.S. foreign policy, U.S. economic policy and our nation's humanitarian outreach," said Acting Administrator Fore during her opening statement. "Our foreign assistance programs save lives and lift individuals from poverty. We want to lift nations and their citizens to permanent prosperity. We want to create more donor nations."
In addition to Acting Administrator Fore's governmental service, she has held leadership positions in numerous international non-profit organizations. Earlier in her career Acting Administrator Fore was a successful business woman running her own company and serving on boards of several public corporations.
For a more complete biography on Acting Administrator Fore, please visit this website: http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/bios/bio_hfore.html.
And for further information on the U.S. Agency for International Development, please visit this website: http://www.usaid.gov/index.html.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.
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