Clinton delivers remarks on diplomacy, development at Clinton Global Initiative

The State Department provides a transcript of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. In the speech, delivered on Monday, Clinton discussed how "the Obama Administration has elevated development as an essential pillar of our national security alongside defense and diplomacy"; country ownership, which "means that a nation's efforts are increasingly led, implemented, and eventually paid for by its government, communities, civil society, and private sector"; and transparency and accountability. "So for nearly four years, this administration has been updating our development assistance with these objectives in mind," Clinton said, adding, for example, "We designed our Feed the Future food security initiative and our Global Health Initiative with an emphasis on country ownership and investment" (9/24).