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"At a time when the U.S. is eager to repair its image around the world, the administration has found a willing envoy in Mrs. Bush [7]," who traveled to Afghanistan, the West Bank, Rwanda and Tanzania in 2005. "Increasingly convinced the war on terror [8] won't be won at gunpoint, the administration hopes Mrs. Bush's trips can draw on her domestic popularity to make inroads abroad," writes Christopher Cooper. U.S. public diplomacy [9] czar Karen Hughes [10] called Mrs. Bush "a wonderful messenger." This summer, Mrs. Bush "met in Rwanda with a 13-year-old orphan raising her younger siblings. While the girl's story left staff members in tears, a grim-faced Mrs. Bush rose from her seat, walker to her next stop in a nearby chapel, sat down in a front pew and smiled." One staffer commented, "She's got that steely gene, I guess."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations/public-diplomacy
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/international
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/us-government
[5] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/war-peace
[6] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2006%2F01%2F4345%2Ffirst-ladys-steely-public-diplomacy&linkname=The%20First%20Lady%27s%20Steely%20Public%20Diplomacy
[7] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Laura_Welch_Bush
[8] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Global_War_on_Terror
[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/public_diplomacy
[10] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Karen_P._Hughes
[11] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113589800171734179.html?mod=todays_us_page_one