The next president must invest in diplomacy and development in foreign countries to promote U.S. prosperity and reduce the risk of terrorism, participants in a new foreign-policy campaign said yesterday.
Impact ’08 in Ohio, a partnership among the Center for U.S. Global Engagement, Ohio State University’s John Glenn School of Public Affairs and the Columbus Council of World Affairs, was formally launched at a campus luncheon.
The groups tout a 150-member Impact ’08 in Ohio Advisory Committee created to “raise awareness of the global challenges and opportunities facing Ohio and America, and to encourage the 2008 presidential candidates to incorporate ‘smart power’ – the strategic use of development, diplomacy and defense – into their foreign policy platforms.”
A major forum is being planned for October in Ohio.
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