[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 45 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[Pages 1994-1995]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on International 
Exchange and Training Activities

November 9, 1995

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)

    As required by section 229(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), I am submitting 
the enclosed Fiscal Year 1994 report, International Exchange and 
Training Activities of the U.S. Government, prepared by the United 
States Information Agency (USIA) in coordination with the Vice 
President's National Performance Review.
    United States Government educational, cultural, scientific, and 
professional exchange and training programs enhance communication and 
understanding between the United States and other societies. They are 
among our more effective tools to achieve long and intermediate range 
objectives of U.S. foreign policy.
    The enclosed report summarizes the work of 38 departments and 
agencies engaged in international exchange and training totaling more 
than 123,000 exchange participants. The report includes foreign area 
summaries as well as individual country data profiles. In Fiscal Year 
1994, these programs were funded at $2.2 billion, including $1.6 billion 
in Federal support and $600 million in private sector and foreign 
government contributions.
    It is important that international exchanges and training programs 
be administered in a manner that not only ensures clarity of objectives, 
but also has a system of measurements to review its outcomes and its 
cost effectiveness. My report to you on the extent to which such 
activities are duplicative requires additional time for analysis by the 
Vice President's National Performance Review.
    My Administration will continue to work with the Congress to realize 
our shared goals of improving efficiency and reducing costs.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, and Jesse Helms, chairman, Senate Committee on 
Foreign Relations.

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