Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
The Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs leads America's public diplomacy outreach, which includes communications with international audiences, cultural programming, academic grants, educational exchanges, international visitor programs, and U.S. Government efforts to confront ideological support for terrorism. The Under Secretary oversees the bureaus of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Public Affairs and International Information Programs, and participates in foreign policy development.
Judith McHale is the current Under Secretary. She was sworn in on May 26, 2009.
Under Secretary McHale (Nov. 16): "Whether one is speaking of international students studying here in the United States or American students studying abroad, there is no question we have been setting records for international educational exchange. As the title of the report says, we have Open Doors, and we will be working to open them even wider." Full Text
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