Call the airwaves but thank you so much for joining us today and a very special welcome to our guests, assistant secretary and peaceful Deputy Assistant secretary for the Global Public affairs bureau. We are honored to have them here today. Special welcome to our commissioners the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy and vice chairman and commissioner. Today as you know under the auspices of the Advisory Commission we have called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the newly formed gpa and where it sits in state Department Vision for public democracy Going Forward for the 21st century. As the executive director it is my honor to open this event. Before i turn the microphone over to my colleagues are opening comments i want to tell you about how things will go today. Mr. Farah will give us brief comments and then turn it over to our passable speakers and they will speak in the tech Team Formation and at the end of their presentation we will be happy to take your questions an
Effectiveness of us communication with others, other republics and other countries. We have with us today im speaker will be assistant secretary of state and senior artificial in a euro of Public Affairs, and were glad you could joinus today. We look forward to this event. She joins the state department in every third 2018. But in the year later she became, she was already assistant secretary but took on the responsibility of the undersecretary ofstate. For Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Two of which were united under the nine, she has led one of the largest restructurings in 20 years so this is a very ambitious, interesting effort which is not created the bureau of Global Public affairs which she is the head. Welcome, she was Global Corporate Communications Senior Vice President for the waiver set of new york and she has also previously in washington worked for Newt Gingrich and as a lead member of his medications team. And communications survey. She holds a masters degree in po
Were honored to have them here today. A special welcome to our commissioners of the Advisory Commission for Public Diplomacy, chairman farar, vice chairman bill hible and commissioner ann weidner. Today, as you know, under the auspices of the Advisory Commission weve called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, the newly formed gpa. And where it fits into state departments vision for Public Diplomacy Going Forward in the 21st century. And as vivian walker, executive director, it is my honor to open this event. Before i turn the mic over to my colleague for opening comments, i just want to tell you a little bit about how things are going to go today. Mr. Farar will give us brief comments and well turn it over to our principal speakers. Theyll speak in a tagteam formation. At the end of their presentation well be happy to take your questions and comments. Please hold your questions and comments until they have finished their presentation. For the moderated q a session, the
Good morning, and welcome to the heritage foundation. It is a true pleasure to welcome you to our distinguished panel today. We are going to be talking about Public Diplomacy in the trump administration. Significant changes have been taking place within the state department in this field, yet at least i think, as someone who studies this extensively, not enough has really been coming forth about the extent of those changes and the effects they are having on the effectiveness of your communication with other publics in other countries. We have with us today, our main speaker will be the assistant secretary of state and a senior official in the bureau of Public Affairs. Were thrilled you could join us today. We look forward to this event. She joined the state department on february 3, 2018, and a year later became she was already assistant secretary, but took on the responsibilities of the undersecretary of state for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. She has led one of the largest res
This is secretary mitchell get that for Global Public Affairs Bureau we are very honored to have them here today special welcome to our commissioners Advisory Commission Public Diplomacy, vice chairman bill hill today as we know under the auspices of the Advisory Commission called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, the newly formed gpa and where it fits in the state department the vision for Public Diplomacy in the 21st century it is my honor to open this event before i turn the mic over to my colleagues for comments i just want to tell you a little bit how things gonna go today were gonna hear some brief comments we have speakers and they will speak at the end of the presentation will be happy to take a questions and comments. Please hold questions or comments until they have been as the presentation. For the moderated to a sergeant will be a microphone please speak into the microphone when you ask you questions because this whole event not only your remarks but also