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all Hope everyone has had a great week. See Correct The Record's weekend talking points package, both below and attached. *9.26.14 Weekend Package* *1.* *Hillary Clinton and Syria* *2. **Talking Points: Education for Girls’ Futures* *3. **America Rising: Anti-American Business and Anti-Generosity, Round Two* *4. * *Major Announcements From CGI 2014* *TALKING POINTS: HILLARY CLINTON AND SYRIA* *BACKGROUND:** In a panel discussion with CNN’s Sanjay Gupta at the Clinton Global Initiative this week, Hillary Clinton discussed the situation in Syria and the current steps being taken to address the threat of terrorist groups in the region. * *KEY POINTS:* - As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was an early advocate of arming the moderate Syrian opposition. She "believed, at the time, they would be overwhelmed by Assad’s military force and that they would open up the door to extremists coming in." - Clinton has said there is no way to predict if arming the rebels early on would have worked, but she believed it was the best of the options available at the time, a point she reiterated this week when she stated, “I can’t sit here today and tell you if we had done what I had recommended we would be in a very different position.” - This week Hillary Clinton emphasized the importance of the current steps being taken to address the threat of ISIL and other terrorist groups in the region, stating: “It’s something the president is right to bring the world’s attention to and say, whatever the debates might have been before, this is a threat to the region and beyond.” Hillary Clinton’s RECENT STATEMENTS ON SYRIA *Sec. Clinton, on arming the Syrian rebels: “I can’t sit here today and tell you if we had done what I had recommended we would be in a very different position.” *According to the Wall Street Journal’s coverage of the Clintons’ support of Pres. Obama’s decision to bomb Syrian targets to defeat ISIS, “Mr. Gupta gave her an opening to say, in effect, I told you so: that Mr. Obama should have listened to her and armed the rebels earlier in the fight. Mrs. Clinton didn’t bite. ‘I can’t sit here today and tell you if we had done what I had recommended we would be in a very different position,’ Mrs. Clinton said. ‘I just can’t. You can’t go and prove a negative. ‘But what I do believe is the situation now is demanding a response and we’re seeing a very robust response ….’” [Wall Street Journal, 9/24/14 <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/09/24/clintons-side-with-obama-on-isis-strategy/> ] *Sec. Clinton: “It’s [ISIS is] something the president is right to bring the world’s attention to and say, whatever the debates might have been before, this is a threat to the region and beyond.” *According to the Wall Street Journal’s coverage of the Clintons’ support of Pres. Obama’s decision to bomb Syrian targets to defeat ISIS, “Hillary Clinton, a likely presidential candidate in 2016, has a personal stake in the mushrooming conflict. As secretary of state in Mr. Obama’s first term, she pushed him to arm moderate Syrian rebels at an earlier point. She lost that debate. She told CNN’s Sanjay Gupta: ‘It’s something the president is right to bring the world’s attention to and say, whatever the debates might have been before, this is a threat to the region and beyond,’ she said.” [Wall Street Journal, 9/24/14 <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/09/24/clintons-side-with-obama-on-isis-strategy/> ] *Sec. Clinton, in response to Sanjay Gupta’s question about the U.S. airstrikes in Syria: *Well, Sanjay, I think the president gave a very clear explanation and robust defense of the actions that he has ordered with respect to the terrorists in Iraq and Syria. Certainly, the support that has been offered by Arab nations, as well as others, the first air strikes included, as you know, planes from Arab nations in the region, demonstrates that this is a recognized international threat. And clearly, the president has said, no American soldiers are going to be involved, but we do have unique capabilities that we are using to give time to the Iraqi government, to other governments, to put together the kind of force that is going to be necessary to take on, to degrade, and to defeat these groups. [Hillary Clinton Interview with CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, 9/24/14] *TALKING POINTS: EDUCATION FOR GIRLS’ FUTURES* *"We know when girls have equal access to quality education in both primary and secondary schools, cycles of poverty are broken, economies grow, glass ceilings crack and potential is unleashed." – Hillary Clinton* *BACKGROUND: *Today, Hillary Clinton announced a $600 million effort called CHARGE <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-24/hillary-clinton-leads-600-million-effort-for-girls-in-education>, which will help 14 million disadvantaged girls throughout the world attend secondary school. CHARGE – the Collaborative for Harnessing Ambition and Resources for Girls’ Education – will work to break down the barriers that are preventing girls from completing secondary education, particularly in areas like Sub-Saharan Africa, where 1.5 million fewer girls <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/24/hillary-clinton-education-girls_n_5875418.html?&ir=Politics&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016> than boys attend secondary school. *TALKING POINTS:* - CHARGE is one of many examples of Hillary Clinton’s work to improve education for girls throughout the world, so that they have a chance for a brighter future. - As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton raised the status of girls around the world by launching a number of initiatives to promote girls’ education, such as: o TechGirls <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/06/193767.htm> to increase the number of girls entering the technology field; o A partnership with Room to Read <http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2011/05/164329.htm> to prevent girls in South Asia from dropping out of school; o EAGLE <http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/other/2012/198768.htm>, Empowering Adolescent Girls to Lead through Education, to tackle the barriers keeping girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo from continuing their post-primary educations. - Secretary Clinton created the Secretary’s International Fund for Women and Girls <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/04/140982.htm> to provide grants to organizations efficiently and innovatively working to improve girls’ health and education around the world. - Secretary Clinton secured major investments in girls’ education from the private sector, including: o $1 million <http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2012/07/195001.htm> from the Abbott Fund to educate girls in Cambodia; o $39 million <http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/other/2012/198768.htm> from the MasterCard Foundation to support secondary education for girls in Ghana and Uganda; o $10 million <http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/other/2012/198768.htm> from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to improve education for girls in places like East Africa, Nigeria and India. *AMERICA RISING: ANTI-AMERICAN BUSINESS AND ANTI-GENEROSITY, ROUND TWO* *ATTACK:** The right-wing attack group, America Rising, is at it again today, attacking Hillary Clinton and General Motors for their involvement with the Clinton Global Initiative, which is holding its annual meeting this week in New York.* *KEY POINTS:* · America Rising came out swinging today against two core American values – American-owned businesses and the virtue of generosity. · America Rising wants to defile the work of the Clintons so badly that they are willing to make fun of the American value of generosity and criticize General Motors, an American-owned company, for its support of the Clintons’ charitable work. · The Clinton Global Initiative has helped improve the lives of over 430 million people in more than 180 countries and has worked to secure $103 billion to spur innovative solutions to make the world a better place. · The Clinton Global Initiative is nonpartisan and brings together the best minds from the government, business, nonprofit and academic sectors throughout the globe to find solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. · America Rising is led by Mitt Romney’s former 2012 campaign manager, who must have forgotten that Romney himself has praised the Clinton Global Initiative for its “astounding impact” and for demonstrating “the effectiveness of entrepreneurship and social enterprise.” · This is just like when America Rising attacked Bill Clinton for buying watches from Shinola, a Detroit-area start-up that manufactures their watches here at home, in America. Our response is the same as it was then: Built in the USA is the way to go. So is kindness. It’s a sad day when America Rising has to be reminded of that. *BACKGROUND:* *Romney: “I have watched the astounding impact of this Initiative from afar.”* “Since serving as President here in America, President Clinton has devoted himself to lifting the downtrodden around the world. One of the best things that can happen to any cause, to any people, is to have Bill Clinton as its advocate. That is how needy and neglected causes have become global initiatives. It is that work that invites us here today. As I have watched the astounding impact of this Initiative from afar, I have been impressed by the extraordinary power you have derived by harnessing together different people of different backgrounds, and different institutions of different persuasions. You have fashioned partnerships across traditional boundaries -- public and private, for-profit and nonprofit, charitable and commercial.” [Romney remarks to CGI, Wall Street Journal, 9/25/12 <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/09/25/text-of-romneys-address-to-clinton-global-initiative/> ; Video <http://www.c-span.org/video/?308392-1/mitt-romney-remarks-clinton-global-initiative> ] *Romney: “The Clinton Global Initiative has also demonstrated the effectiveness of entrepreneurship and social enterprise.” *“The Clinton Global Initiative has also demonstrated the effectiveness of entrepreneurship and social enterprise. You endeavor to not only comfort the afflicted, but to also change lives [through] freedom, free enterprise, and the incomparable dignity of work. Free enterprise has done more to bless humanity than any other economic system not only because it is the only system that creates a prosperous middle class, but also because it is the only system where the individual enjoys the freedom to guide and build his or her own life. Free enterprise cannot only make us better off financially, it can make us better people.” [Romney remarks to CGI, Wall Street Journal, 9/25/12 <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/09/25/text-of-romneys-address-to-clinton-global-initiative/> ; Video <http://www.c-span.org/video/?308392-1/mitt-romney-remarks-clinton-global-initiative> ] *MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CGI 2014* *BACKGROUND:** The Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting took place in New York City this week. The Clinton Global Initiative has helped improve the lives of over 430 million people in more than 180 countries and has worked to secure $103 billion from its members to spur innovative solutions to make the world a better place. At this year’s meeting, there were **188 new commitments* <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy-clintons-cgi>* from CGI members, which will improve the lives of even more people all over the world.* *Here are just a few examples of the major commitments announced this week: * · *EDUCATING DISADVANTAGED GIRLS:* o Hillary Clinton announced a $600 million effort called CHARGE <http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-24/hillary-clinton-leads-600-million-effort-for-girls-in-education>, which will help 14 million disadvantaged girls throughout the world attend secondary school. o CHARGE – the Collaborative for Harnessing Ambition and Resources for Girls’ Education – will work to break down the barriers that are preventing girls from completing secondary education, particularly in areas like Sub-Saharan Africa, where 1.5 million fewer girls <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/24/hillary-clinton-education-girls_n_5875418.html?&ir=Politics&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016> than boys attend secondary school. · *CUTTING CALORIES FROM SODA:* o Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group pledged <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/business/big-soda-companies-agree-on-effort-to-cut-americans-drink-calories.html?_r=0> to reduce the calories Americans consume from their beverages by 20% over the next decade in order to help with the country’s high rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. o The companies will more aggressively promote and distribute drinks in smaller sizes and those with low or no calories, such as bottled water and diet drinks. · *SAVING AFRICAN ELEPHANTS:* o Chelsea Clinton announced <http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/09/chelsea-clinton-fears-her-baby-could-live-on-a-planet-without-elephants/> a new commitment to stop the killing of African elephants and the trafficking of ivory. · *PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS:* o President Barack Obama announced <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/23/obama-cgi-human-rights_n_5870224.html> that the U.S. government will increase efforts to protect human rights activists “who risk their lives to fulfill their missions.” o The President will expand the efforts beyond the State Department and USAID into every federal department with the power to protect human rights groups.