Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterGAO Report Urges Obama, Congress to Prioritize Public Diplomacy
Published 1/12/2009 by Walter Pincus at Wash Post Federal Page
Improving the United States' image abroad is No. 5 on the Government Accountability Office's list of 13 urgent issues requiring the attention of Barack Obama and the 111th Congress during the first year of the new administration.
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