Menendez Statement On New Head Of USAID

Statement

Shah was confirmed just before Christmas

Just before Christmas, Rajiv Shah was confirmed as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign relations subcommittee that oversees all U.S. assistance overseas, made the following Statement about the new Administrator:

"USAID had been waiting almost a year for new leadership, and I hope that having Dr. Shah in place will be affirmation of a new direction for USAID. Particularly in these tough times, Americans want to know that our foreign assistance is being deployed as strategically and effectively as possible, so that it benefits our economy and security here at home. Rajiv Shah comes to the job prepared to rebuild USAID, and I am pleased he has expressed a commitment to build up the Agency's independent policy capacity and to take a more systematic look at how these programs produce results that both for Americans here at home as well as for our fellow citizens around the world. I look forward to working with Dr. Shah on a 21st century international development agency moving forward."

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