Saving More Lives Than Ever

Oct 2, 2012

The Huffington Post
Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State

When I became Secretary of State, I asked our diplomats and development experts: "How can we do better?" I could see our strengths, including tens of thousands of public servants who get up every day thinking about how to advance America's interests and promote our values around the world.

At the same time, I could also see areas where we could be stronger partners, and where we could do more to get the most out of every hour of effort and dollar of funding. I saw it in our diplomacy, in our development efforts -- and in our global health work.