Project on Middle East Democracy

Project on Middle East Democracy
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2008: McCain Promises Independent Agency for Public Diplomacy

June 29th, 2007 by Matt

In an op-ed published in the Orlando Sentinel on June 28, John McCain said he would create a new, independent agency that would communicate America’s message of freedom to the world. Concerned that America is struggling in the battle of ideas against Islamic extremists, McCain proposes this agency as a method of “exposing the world to the American story of hope, opportunity, charity and liberty.” Daniel Larison at The American Scene questions the philosophy behind McCain’s idea.


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