UNITED NATIONS (AP) — International aid and advocacy groups are welcoming President Barack Obama's new global development policy, saying they expect it will make U.S. foreign assistance more effective and better help those who really need it.
Obama's strategy, spelled out at an anti-poverty summit at the United Nations this week, for the first time elevates American development policy in other poor nations to the level of diplomacy and defense.
"Traditionally, foreign aid wasn't very popular in the United States and no one thought it was important," said the Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, an advocacy group that urges lawmakers to end hunger at home and …
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