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"In September, Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy [7] Karen Hughes [8] ... took 16 reporters on her first trip to the Mideast," Al Kamen writes. "We all know how well [9] that trip turned out [10]. So this time, Hughes, heading later this week for Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Germany, has reduced the media contingent ... to zero." Hughes did grant an interview to [11] Time magazine, in which she described the State Department [12]'s new media monitoring unit [13]. In addition to live Arab TV broadcasts, she says, "We have a young man who's watching the blogs, the Web chats." Hughes also describes public diplomacy [14] plans around the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament: "We're going to have our embassies very involved in inviting kids to come watch the games this summer."
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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/media
[5] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/us-government
[6] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2006%2F02%2F4463%2Fpr-czar-hughes-loses-reporters&linkname=PR%20Czar%20Hughes%20Loses%20the%20Reporters
[7] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Undersecretary_for_Public_Diplomacy_and_Public_Affairs
[8] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Karen_P._Hughes
[9] http://www.prwatch.org/node/4033
[10] http://www.prwatch.org/node/4304
[11] http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1158960-1,00.html
[12] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_State
[13] http://www.prwatch.org/node/4199
[14] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/public_diplomacy
[15] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/12/AR2006021201079.html