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Soft Power

By Thomas Jeffrey
Article Posted: Tuesday November 27, 2007

Secretary of State Robert Gates called for increased government spending on Monday, not for new weapons or advanced military hardware, but rather for the tools of diplomacy. Mr. Gates, while speaking at Kansas State University, contrasted the Pentagon’s $500 billion military budget with that of the State Department’s — just a measley $36 billion — and stated that the United States has other means with which to affect change within the world, specifically through diplomatic and economic assistance programs as well as by good ol’ fashioned one-to-one communication between nations.

Shortage of envoys: Gates — Sydney Morning Herald

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PODCAST

Podcast #117

By Thomas Jeffrey
Article Posted: Tuesday April 15, 2008

Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, Episode 117, for Sunday, April 13, 2008

Penn hits the bricks, Iran in the spotlight again, the Obama money machine, al Qaeda’s rising star and more!

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