The Biden administration inherited a set of foreign policy and national security institutions in serious need of repair. An overreliance on the military combined with emerging challenges that the existing infrastructure is ill-suited to address has showcased the need to shift away from an approach that defines American national interests primarily as security from foreign threats. The need for rebalancing the U.S. approach to national security was made even more clear by the January 6 insurrection, in which pro-Trump extremists violently stormed the U.S. Capitol. Consistent with CAP’s recommendations, the Biden administration has taken a number of steps to repair trust in these institutions and recalibrate the U.S. approach to national security, including:
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By Andrea Shalal and Heather Timmons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) â President Joe Bidenâs $4 trillion plan to rebuild the U.S. economy aims a flood of cash at something millions of women in America do for low pay or no pay at all: taking care of other people.
Bidenâs âAmerican Jobs Planâ would boost an existing government program with $400 billion more over a decade, to give more elderly and disabled people basic care they need, while his âAmerican Families Planâ creates free universal âpre-Kindergartenâ and adds other childcare to the tune of $200 billion.
The White Houseâs team of economists and economic advisers, many of them women, argue that this influx of government cash is essential to fix and grow the U.S. economy. It will get women back into the workforce who left because of the coronavirus, allow other stay-at-home caregivers to take jobs, and pay the people who do care-giving work as a job a m
Analysis: How Biden plans to add $600 billion to the U.S. care economy
By Andrea Shalal and Heather Timmons
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden s $4 trillion plan to rebuild the U.S. economy aims a flood of cash at something millions of women in America do for low pay or no pay at all: taking care of other people.
Biden s American Jobs Plan would boost an existing government program with $400 billion more over a decade, to give more elderly and disabled people basic care they need, while his American Families Plan creates free universal pre-Kindergarten and adds other childcare to the tune of $200 billion.
The White House SUBJECT: Organization of the Domestic Policy Council System
To assist the President in carrying out his responsibilities in the area of domestic policy, I hereby direct the establishment of a Domestic Policy Council (DPC) system, consistent with Executive Order 12859 of August 16, 1993 (Establishment of the Domestic Policy Council), and organized as follows. Section 1. Intent and Process. Bringing greater dignity, equity, opportunity, and prosperity to the day-to-day lives of all Americans requires the mobilization and extensive coordination of a broad range of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to tackle the profound and multifaceted challenges our country faces and to seize the opportunities before us. Domestic policy, whether the related issues fall largely within the purview of a single agency or implicate multiple agencies, must be developed and coordinated through a systematic, evidence-driven proces
My Body, My Voice, My Choice: Launching UNFPA’s 2021 State of World Population Report
“As we’re talking, the bodily autonomy of millions of women and girls around the world is still denied,” said Klaus Simoni Pedersen, Acting Director of the Division of Communications and Strategic Partnerships for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at the recent U.S. launch event of the
2021 UNFPA State of the World Population report, hosted by the Wilson Center and UNFPA. The report,
“The right to the autonomy of our bodies means that we have the power and agency to make choices without fear of violence or having someone else decide for us,” said Sarah B. Barnes, Project Director of the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative. It is “the power to say yes and the right to say no,” said Pedersen. The report focuses on three dimensions of bodily autonomy: the right to decide whether to have sex, use contraception, or seek health care.