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Administrator Samantha Power At The Swearing-In Ceremony For USAID Kenya And East Africa Regional Mission Director David Gosney

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here with us today, and thank you, Monde, for kicking us off.

Administrator Samantha Power at The Society for International Development-US Annual Conference

Shifting to a model of locally-led development means ceding power over decisionmaking to those who know their problems best.

Administrator Samantha Power at the EU Foreign Affairs Council (Development) Ministerial Meeting

I would like to acknowledge High Representative Josep Borrell for inviting me to speak today. And Commissioner Urpilainen for her remarks, her introduction, and for her strong ethic of partnership across a range of issues and challenges we face.

Administrator Power’s Remarks at the White House Event Observing International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia

Following President Biden’s early memorandum, the U.S. government is ensuring that our diplomacy and foreign assistance efforts promote and protect LGBTQI+ rights. “It shall be U.S. policy,” the memorandum states, “to pursue an end to violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics...and to lead by the power of our example in the cause of advancing the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons around the world.”