Roger Wicker actually said...

The decision was made around 1998, 1999, to move those within the Embassy and, as you might expect, the attendance at these centers dropped ...

Public diplomacy represents an indispensable component of any viable foreign policy.

Thank you, Senator Kaufman, for convening this hearing to evaluate the future of U.S. public diplomacy.

It's my hope that this hearing will allow us to identify some of the challenges faced by previous under secretaries.