U.S. Outreach to Islamic World Falters

The Washington Post today in an article titled U.S. Outreach to Islamic World Gets Slow Start, Minus Leaders reports that the announced efforts of the US government to promote understanding in the Islamic world has made little progress. The Governemnt Accountability Office has reached that conclusion in a recent report, US Public Diplomacy: Interagency Coordination Efforts Hampered by the Lack of a National Communication Strategy.