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Opinion

Fund - Don't Cut - U.S. Soft Power

April 30, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Gen. David Petraeus

Michael O'Hanlon and David Petraeus write that America's ability to protect itself and advance global interest often depends on "soft" power via the State Department and Agency for International Development. In that, they argue, too much cutting of funds to those organizations would be a bad outcome for U.S. national security.

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