ONECampaign Twitter Interview with Gayle Smith

  1. Gayle Smith, special assistant to #Obama & senior director for development & democracy w @WhiteHouse, will be answering Qs from ONE members
  2. Twitter interview on #foreign aid and #development with WH’s Gayle Smith is starting now. Send your Qs to @ONECampaign.
  3. From @CARE Has famine in #Somalia impacted @whitehouse's commitment to existing foreign aid levels? http://bit.ly/nAzJpq
  4. .@CARE WH committed to robust Somalia emergency response. Doing 2 things: meet urgent needs & invest in food security for long term.
  5. .@ONECampaign US is leading and leveraging other donors; ramping up response; confident American public will also once again step up
  6. From Pearl Alice Marsh, ONE Policy Director: Is the #US prepared to provide additional humanitarian assistance to the #HornofAfrica?
  7. From @EricMayle: @whitehouse in event tht funding for HIV/AIDS treatments gets cut, what's the contingency for keeping AIDS from spreading?
  8. .@EricMayle Ramping up prevention;new efficiencies mean treatment $s go further; new donors in mix; other countries must keep commitments
  9. From @Tubasaxa @whitehouse how will the US prioritize #water & #sanitation for the 884 million and 2.6 billion who lack these basic services
  10. .@Tubasaxa. Thru global health, food security, supt to UN orgs & NGOs. Big focus in Haiti & famine now.
  11. From @sheilanix: @whitehouse How does your media background covering #Africa help you look for solutions in global #development? #poverty
  12. .@sheilanix Helps to tell stories, fill in background, highlight human part of development, show multi-dimensions of Africa
  13. .@MeghanMize @onecampaign #debt talks underway, will @whitehouse make sure tht small amount of #foreignaid we do give is nt cut back further
  14. .@MeghanMize. WH focused on getting best deal for American people & ensuring we maintain our leadership role in world
  15. Last one! @jbondslopez @whitehouse How do you solve the problem of direct aid becoming mired in mismanagement & #corruption?
  16. .@jbondslopez. Great Q: transparency, transparency, transparency. Make sure govts accountable & citizens engaged/empowered.
  17. Sorry gotta go thks for @ONECampaign appreciate all you do to engage the world keep it up. Thks everyone for joining us - GS
  18. That's all, folks! Thanks @WhiteHouse & Gayle Smith for answering our Qs.

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