Anne-Marie Slaughter, president and CEO of New America, said she thought the U.S. was wrong not to send a more high-profile official to a unity march to honor the victims of the recent terror attacks in Paris.
"I just couldn't believe that the United States was not front and center in that march. Yes, it's optics, but it was a moment in which the world came together to stand for [what are] certainly American values," said Slaughter, a former U.S. State Department official.
"[U.S.] leadership would have been better advised to be front and center," Slaughter added. "I thought that was not only a moment missed, but it confirmed a narrative the Obama administration does not want confirmed, which is, you're not there."
Slaughter, a HuffPost blogger, also shared her thoughts on what Democrats need to do to get ahead in 2016.
"I think the Democrats have to be focused less on specific interest groups and specific issues, and much more on a government that delivers," she said. "It's more the millennial, tech mentality of, deliver the services first."
"Show people that government can deliver, and show people other parts of government are listening and watching," she added.
Below, more updates from the 2015 Davos Annual Meeting: