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America's choice: Reform, not retreat. Our Blueprint offers a Peace Through Strength approach to outcompete rivals, while protecting and advancing American interests. 10 practical ideas to make international assistance work better for Americans. 🇺🇸💡👉usglc.org/blueprint2025w…

ICYMI in @Devex — at Tuesday's critical minerals event, bipartisan lawmakers and development and administration officials aligned around a clear strategy to win the global critical minerals race. The takeaway: smart, low-cost investments that strengthen stability, governance, and workforce capacity will be critical to securing supply chains and advancing U.S. economic and national security.

“The United States Congress is serious. We’re going to utilize every tool that we have and make sure our partners know that we mean business.” 🎥 @RepYoungKim underscores the importance of the @StateDept working with @MCCgov, @DFCgov, @EximBankUS, and @USTDA to break China’s chokehold on critical minerals — and outlines Congress’s bipartisan commitment to act. 🇺🇸

USTDA General Counsel Sam Kwon joined a conversation with @USGLC, @RepBrianMast, @RepBera , @RepYoungKim and @MCCgov to share how the Agency is taking new steps to increase America’s access to critical minerals and rare earth elements vital to 🇺🇸 commercial and defense interests.

"This isn't a partisan issue. It's a national security issue... leveraging our resources of aid and development and creating the context where our private sector is willing to engage and make investments." 📽️ @RepAmiBera on the bipartisan urgency around critical minerals — and the wrap-around investments needed to give American businesses the confidence and conditions to compete and win. 🇺🇸

ICYMI in @POLITICO Playbook - incredible turn out last night from Capitol Hill champions, admin officials, business execs, humanitarian leaders, and enormous press coverage to explore how America can win the global critical minerals race 👇

“Every military leader knows you cannot be successful without a successful supply chain, and that today is those critical minerals." 🎬 HFAC Chairman @RepBrianMast on why securing critical minerals supply chains is imperative for our economic and national security and why we need to use every tool in our toolkit. 🇺🇸

Last night, bipartisan Reps. @BrianMast, @RepAmiBera, & @RepYoungKim, Administration officials, packed press, and dozens of business leaders and national security experts joined together to answer an urgent question: how does America win the global critical minerals race? With China controlling 60% of global critical mineral supply and 90% of rare earth processing capacity, the consensus was clear: it's not just about big new infrastructure investments in friendly nations, but also international assistance programs that build the conditions for success — stable governments, healthy workforces, and resilient supply chains from pit to port are central to a winning strategy. 🇺🇸

International assistance is central to America's critical minerals strategy. That was the consensus last night when @USGLC convened over 100 business and national security leaders with bipartisan champions from Capitol Hill and the Administration on how the U.S. can win the global critical minerals race. BIG thanks to @RepBrianMast, @RepAmiBera, @RepYoungKim, Dan Petrie (@MCCgov), Sam Kwon (@USTDA) and so many others. 🇺🇸

“This isn’t a partisan issue — it’s a national security issue.” @RepBrianMast, @RepAmiBera, @RepYoungKim, and Admin officials agreed: the U.S. needs every tool we have — including international assistance — to win the critical minerals race.👇 usglc.org/newsroom/bipar…

INTERESTING: China is graduating 3000 students as critical minerals engineers each year. The United States is only graduating about 300. To win the critical minerals race, the U.S. needs to educate more students who can help the country make faster advancements. This is one of the takeaways from the @USGLC (US Global Leadership Coalition) event tonight.

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⏰ The countdown to tonight’s Critical Minerals Event continues! HFAC East Asia & the Pacific Subcommittee Chair @RepYoungKim will join USGLC alongside key policymakers for a dynamic, bipartisan line-up. Here’s a look back at the last time she was on our stage, breaking down how America's economic security is national security.

TONIGHT: Bipartisan leaders from the Admin to Capitol Hill -- including @HouseForeignGOP Chairman @RepBrianMast, @RepYoungKim, @RepAmiBera -- and other 100+ business, military, nonprofit, and foreign policy leaders convene to tackle an urgent question: How does the U.S. win the critical minerals race?

In moments of crisis, USGLC is proud to bring our community together to understand the local and global impact. Last week, nearly a thousand leaders from across the country tuned into our virtual town hall on the war in Iran with former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Lt. Gen. @LuteDoug and former State Department Special Advisor for Iran @GLNoronha. As General Lute emphasized, "eventually, this is not going to be won by hard power alone." International assistance and diplomacy is key.

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine painfully enters its fifth year, USGLC convened Latvian Ambassador Elita Kuzma (@Latvia_USA), Estonian Ambassador Kristjan Prikk (@KPrikk), and Lithuanian Deputy Ambassador Artūras Vazbys (@AVazbys) for a timely discussion on the U.S.-Baltic alliance. The Baltics are key U.S. partners on regional security — standing against authoritarianism and delivering vital assistance.

“The resources we devote to democracy support are a fraction of what we spend when instability turns into war, mass displacement, or humanitarian crisis.”  🎬@RepLoisFrankel highlights how strategic, cost-effective investments in democracy assistance — through institutions like @NEDemocracy — protect our own national and economic security.

“The NED and accountable democracy programs in general are essential to countering adversaries, advancing American national security interests, and standing with those struggling for freedom.”  🎬Representative @MarioDB at a recent hearing with National Endowment for Democracy (@NEDemocracy) on how strategic democracy support strengthens national security and weakens the influence of authoritarian rivals.

That's a wrap! USGLC brought nearly 100 business, veteran, farmer, faith, and humanitarian leaders to dozens of meetings across Capitol Hill — reinforcing the bipartisan consensus that strategic investments in diplomacy and international assistance secure a safer world and a stronger America. 🌎🇺🇸

That's a wrap! Today USGLC brought nearly 100 business, veteran, farmer, and humanitarian leaders from across to dozens of meetings across Capitol Hill — reinforcing the bipartisan consensus that strategic investments in diplomacy and international assistance secure a safer world and a stronger America. 🌎🇺🇸

Nebraska wins when America leads — thank you @SenatorRicketts's team for meeting with USGLC today to discuss how strategic investments in diplomacy and international assistance, alongside defense, are essential to U.S. economic and national security. 🌎