"Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders John Kerry, D-MA, and Richard Lugar, R-IN, introduced a State Department policy bill for both fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011" on Friday, Foreign Policy's blog, "The Cable," reports. The full text of the bill and a fact sheet are available on the blog (Rogin, 1/29). A press release from Sens. Kerry and Lugar outlines the bill's aims, which include authorizing programs for USAID, strengthening accountability offices at the State Department and USAID, and making changes to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (1/29)... 
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