The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) share a mission to create a more secure, democratic and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community, using the tools of diplomacy, development and defense. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2009 Department of State and USAID Strategic Plan contains a useful broad overview of U.S. foreign policy and development assistance priorities (http://www.state.gov/s/d/rm/rls/dosstrat/2004)
More recent information is contained in the FY 2007 Performance Summary, a jointly prepared strategic plan of the Department of State and USAID that is designed to be consistent with the President’s FY 2007 budget request for international affairs (http://www.state.gov/s/d/rm/rls/perfplan/2007/pdf)
A summary of the FY 2007 International Affairs (Function 150) Budget Request to Congressional appropriations subcommittees provides an overview of the total funding requested for the State Department, USAID and other agencies whose programs are within the international affairs “Function 150” part of the federal budget (http://www.state.gov/s/d/rm/rls/iab/2007/html). Justifications for these foreign operations funding levels are found in http://www.state.gov/s/d/rm/rls/cbj/2007/.