To fight terrorism, bolster democracy and promote American interests abroad, the U.S. government must do more to win the hearts and minds of people overseas by rethinking and retooling its public outreach efforts, according to House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL). For years, the popular press in other nations, including state-owned media, has often portrayed the United States as "a force of evil," Hyde said yesterday at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. Even the war on...
