National Security Language Initiative: Difference between revisions

NSLI was launched on January 5, 2006, by [[President of the United States|United States President]] George W. Bush as a means to strengthen [[national security]] and expand [[Cross-cultural communication|intercultural dialogue]]. The languages sponsored by NSLI-Y were described as critical need languages for [[Diplomacy|international diplomacy]].<ref name=":2" />{{failed verification|date=August 2024}}<ref name=":5"/>{{failed verification|date=August 2024}} The program was awarded $114 million by [[United States Congress|Congress]] and the [[United States Department of State|State Department]] [[Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs|ECA]] in 2007, $26.6 million in 2008, and $750 million in later grants have added to this.<ref name="Powell2006">{{Citation |author=[[Dina Powell|Powell, Dina]] |title=National Security Language Initiative |year=2006 |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/58733.htm |access-date=2008-03-06}}</ref><ref name="BECA2008">{{Citation |author=[[Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs]] |title=National Security Language Initiative (NSLI) |year=2008 |url=http://exchanges.state.gov/NSLI/ |access-date=2008-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929044930/http://exchanges.state.gov/NSLI/ |archive-date=September 29, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":7" /> The initiative is coordinated by the [[State Department|Department of State]], [[United States Department of Education|Education Department]], [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] and the [[Director of National Intelligence]].<ref name="USDOE2008">{{Citation |author=[[United States Department of Education]] |title=National Security Language Initiative (NSLI) - About |year=2008 |url=http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/competitiveness/nsli/about.html |access-date=2011-06-23}} {{dead link|date=August 2024}}</ref>