MILITARY ROLE IN U.S. EMBASSIES CREATES STRAINS, REPORT SAYS - MARK MAZZETTI

MILITARY ROLE IN U.S. EMBASSIES CREATES STRAINS, REPORT SAYS - MARK MAZZETTI (NEW YORK TIMES, DECEMBER 20): Since the 2001 attacks, the Pentagon has ratcheted up its information campaigns to fill the vacuum left by the gutting of the State Department's 'public diplomacy' budget at the end of the cold war. 
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