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The Importance of Strategic Communications in the US
Gates says the US needs more strategic communications resources and that the Senate should quickly confirm Liz Allen, who is up to be under Secretary of State for public diplomacy. There's not actually a coordinating mechanism in the NSC for global strategic communications and public diplomacy. The most absurd part of this op ed was what it did not say, which was any recognition that the wars Bob Gates oversaw might have been part of the reason our standing in the world was harmed. While we were spending $3 trillion in Iraq, China was spending that on Dalton Road initiatives. So I do think there's something we can come back to.
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