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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqql0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:02 a.m., in room SD-138, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Patrick J. Leahy (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Leahy, Mikulski, Kirk, and Tim Johnson. U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT OF DR. RAJIV SHAH, ADMINISTRATOR OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR PATRICK J. LEAHY Senator LEAHY. Good morning. Today we are going to hear testimony from Dr. Rajiv Shah, Ad- ministrator of the United States Agency for International Develop- ment (USAID), on the Agency's fiscal year 2012 budget request. Most of us know Dr. Shah well, and welcome him here. About 15 months ago the Administrator took charge of an agency that has struggled for many years with serious management and programmatic weaknesses. At the time, I offered him congratula- tions and condolences, but I was delighted he accepted the chal- lenge. When he first testified here, last April, I said that too often this subcommittee and others had encountered at USAID instances of arrogance and detachment from the impoverished reality of the people in countries where USAID operates, and we'd encountered poorly designed projects, mega-contracts that were touted as suc- cess stories, but which enriched the contractors more than they helped the intended beneficiaries, and taxpayer money was wasted. If you want to change the bureaucracy-any bureaucracy, chang- ing the culture takes time. I continue to believe strongly that USAID needs to become a more efficient, accessible, flexible, and less risk-averse agency that rewards creativity and focuses on building the capacity of local people and governments in countries where the United States has interests. That's just about every- where in the world. But I have seen steady process under Adminis- trator Shah. And I compliment you for that. I mentioned out back when we were talking, I've read your speeches. You have not whitewashed problems the way some others did in the past. You've

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