Department of State Funding

• The Department of State, and associated agencies shall receive budget increases to meet the demands of foreign relations, and diplomacy building across the globe. The funding shall not exceed Defense Spending unless proposals are deemed critical to ensure Global Peace and Stability.

Embassy Funding, Staffing, Support

• All US Embassies shall be built and maintained to the highest construction standards, whether they meet or exceed current building standards within the US

• All US Embassies shall have sufficient staff, and military support to ensure diplomatic relations can be carried out, or exfil operations can be achieved on site

• All US Embassies shall have the support of any nearby military emplacements to facilitate diplomatic relations such as foreign aid, humanitarian efforts, or military intervention

Diplomatic Budget

• The diplomatic budget shall meet all of the needs to finance robust embassies, and empower US Diplomats to engage in diplomatic entreaties, or inducements that are in line with US interests

• Diplomatic spending shall always adhere to the scrutiny imposed by audits, and where possible be open to the public for transparency

• Seized assets of foreign criminals shall be allocated to the State Department as the first line of funding, whereas all additional funds shall follow Constitutional guidelines

Foreign Protections of Staff

• All US Citizens, and foreign nationals employed by the US Embassies, or working with US forces, shall receive the same protections, unilaterally, under US Law

• All staff, or employees direct or indirect by the Federal Government, shall have the right and authority to press charges against foreign entities, and sue them for damages

• In the case of assault, sexual harassment, sexual assault, or rape of a US employee, by a foreign entity, the US shall have the right to prosecute those guilty parties under US laws, and as a baseline for continued diplomatic relations including aid, and humanitarian efforts, economic treaties, and others

Interdepartmental Support

• The State Department shall have direct liaisons with other departments of the government to expedite procurements, assets, or support to improve, or react to diplomatic or foreign relations

Foreign Policy

• US Foreign Policy shall focus on the stabilization of Developing Economies in such a way that it empowers the population impacted, and shall never overly benefit US industrial investment, or result in exclusive employment of US Personnel

• Counter terrorism efforts shall continue in the African theater under the common cause of Global Security and Human Rights

• The US Shall invest in greater diplomatic, and economic relationships with Sovereign States that have a history of Democratic success, strong Human Rights scores, irrespective of economic, or strategic gains for the US Government

• US Interventionism shall be a secondary policy in all cases while peaceful diplomatic relations are established, and can be ethically maintained

• US relations with all foreign powers shall require strong Human Rights scores to remain intact, otherwise the US shall engage in sanctions, or Interventionism to ensure those scores improve

• All US Military Actions voted on by Congress shall require that all members of Congress spend at least 7 days in the theater of combat, in a front-line position whether combat or medical within the first 14 days of military action

• POTUS will be similarly expected to be present at the theater of combat but may stay at a strategic position rather than a front-line combat or medical position

• This is to ensure that the human cost of war is never lost on our government, and that the choice to engage in an extended military action is not taken lightly, for personal gain, furtherance of political agendas, or other such indiscretions. The Cost of War is a very high price to pay and it shall not be taken lightly.