Going the whole nine yards

• John Brown's Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review
• 30th December 2018

By Nilima Pathak Correspondent, gulfnews.com
Photo 1 Indigo cotton bought during my trip to JaipurNew Delhi: Her colleagues at the United States Embassy in New Delhi can corroborate that MaryKay Carlson, the US Deputy Chief of Mission, wears saris as often as she wears Western outfits.
Carlson herself tells Gulf News, “I often joke that my love of the sari is connected to my love of Indian food. As I have gained a few pounds in Delhi, I simply adjust the sari to fit! I cannot do that with my western clothes.”Ahead of India’s Independence Day this year (August 15), the US Embassy released a video in which Carslon, while greeting everyone, talked about her love for saris.“The sari represents the vast culture, colour and diversity of this great country,” she says.Online buzzConsidered one of the public diplomacy [JB emphasis] initiatives by the US envoy, who is also active on Twitter, the video created quite a buzz online.

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Notice of Charter Renewal for the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

• John Brown's Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review, Public diplomacy
• 9th May 2019

federalregister.gov
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A Notice by the State Department on 05/09/2019; [original article contains links].
SUMMARY:
The official designation of this advisory committee is the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. [JB emphasis]
The Commission was originally established under Section 604 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, and under Section 8 of Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977. It was reauthorized pursuant to Section 702 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub. L. 114-323), which amended the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) and re-authorized the Commission through September 30, 2020.
The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy appraises U.S. government activities intended to understand, inform, and influence foreign publics. The Advisory Commission may conduct studies, inquiries, and meetings, as it deems necessary. It may assemble and ..

Tramp i pad meke moći SAD

• Public diplomacy, Tekstovi na srpskom
• 10th February 2018

Tobožnji predsednici SAD i Severne Koreje Donald Tramp i Kim Džong Un na dan otvaranja Zimskih olimpijskih igara u Pjongčangu Dokazi su jasni. Predsednikovanje Donalda Trampa je erodiralo meku moć Amerike.   Foto/ EPA-EFE YONHAP Samo 30 odsto ljudi koji su ispitani u 134 zemlje u anketi agencije Galup su imali pozitivno mišljenje o Sjedinjenim

Charles L. Glazer, to be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy ...

• Public diplomacy, Who is who in Digital and Public Diplomacy
• 6th May 2019

Executive Calendar Prepared Under the Direction of Julie E. Adams, Secretary of the Senate By Jennifer A. Gorham, Executive Clerk One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, May 6, 2019, senate.gov
Glazer image from Wikipedia
UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[JB emphasis] Charles L. Glazer, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy [JB: see] for a term expiring July 1, 2020, vice Lyndon L. Olson, Jr., term expired.
[JB: Wikipedia on Glaser]
Charles Louis Glazer (born 1943)[1] is a United States diplomat. He was sworn in as United States Ambassador to El Salvador on January 16, 2007.[2] Mr. Glazer tendered his resignation, effective Tuesday, January 20, 2009, following an order by the incoming Obama administration requiring the departure of politically appointed ambassadors.Prior to his ambassadorial appointment, Charles L. Glazer was President and Chief Executive Officer of C. L. Glazer & Company, Inc.[1], an institutional brok..

Melania Trump visits pandas at Beijing zoo

• Public diplomacy, Relax for Digital Diplomacy
• 14th November 2017

The US first lady spent time with a couple of China’s most prominent diplomats on her last day in Beijing, the pandas Meng’er and Gu Gu. She was greeted by a group of schoolchildren waving miniature Chinese and American flags and handed out stuffed toy bald eagles to them. Melania Trump engages in panda diplomacy