Hear ! Hear! MountainRunner on Reforming State
We might even go beyond Goldwater-Nichols and think in terms of the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 under Truman which saw the end of the Department of War and the absorbtion of the Department of the Navy into Defense along with the other armed services. State’s perverse dysfunctionality and empty pockets budget ( blame Congress here) has crippled public diplomacy, international development aid and the interagency process in which State too often plays the role of bureaucratic obstruction or hapless bystander.
What are the civilian foreign policy tasks we need to accomplish as a country and how can we streamline and empower our agencies so that we can advance our national interests ?
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Seerov:
January 14th, 2010 at 6:34 am
We need a more organic foreign policy that allows people to help non-Americans becuase they really want to. African Americans should be given every opportunity to work in places like Hatti and Africa. People who voluntarily go to work for a group of people should be funded as open source diplomats. Micro lending opportunities can be found by open source diplomats. Teaching people about resilience would greatly benefit them.
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January 18th, 2010 at 9:35 am
I agree full heartily with Armstrong’s suggestions. If I disagree any, it is because I think he does not go far enough. We should not just regionalize the overarching structure of the Department, but also the ranks of those who man it. That would be my dram retooling of the Department of State.
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January 18th, 2010 at 10:02 am
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