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Public Diplomacy in Budapest
![Colleen Graffy at Veszprem University in Veszprem, Hungary March 15, 2008. [State Dept. photo]](http://www.state.gov/cms_images/080325_graffy140.jpg) Deputy Assistant Secretary Graffy (Mar. 25): "I describe public diplomacy as the art of communicating a country's policies, values and culture to other peoples. It is an attempt to explain why we have decided on certain measures, and beyond that, to explain who we are. My recent trip to Hungary might offer some insights into what public diplomacy is all about." Full Text
What Is the U.S. Doing To Improve Its Image Abroad?
![Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Colleen Graffy delivers remarks at Chatham House, London, Nov. 1, 2007. [U.S. Embassy, London photo]](http://www.state.gov/cms_images/071101_graffy1_london140.jpg) Deputy Assistant Secretary Graffy (Nov. 1): "The advantage of public diplomacy is that you are not reaching out to just one or another person at the end of a telephone line, but to potentially millions of people. There may have been a time, not so long ago, when it was true that communications from diplomat to diplomat, elite to elite, were sufficient. But those times are over." Full Text | | | Highlights | Newsletter: Public Diplomacy in Europe, March 2008
 Newsletter highlights public diplomacy efforts throughout Europe. Full Text
Public Diplomacy: Reinvigorating Our Strategic Communications
![Colleen Graffy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, delivers remarks at Heritage Foundation, [Photo courtesy of Heritage Foundation]](http://www.state.gov/cms_images/080213_graffy_100.jpg) Remarks by Deputy Assistant Secretary Colleen Graffy at the Heritage Foundation. Full Text |
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