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Article: A crippled institution; The State Department needs revamping.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 4, 2003
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Byline: William H. Avery, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Current and former State Department officials have been taking to the nation's op-ed pages to dismiss Newt Gingrich's recent criticisms of the effectiveness of American diplomacy.When Mr. Gingrich first went public with his critique of the State Department in an address to the American Enterprise Institute in April, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage struck back immediately, quipping that Mr. Gingrich was "off his meds and out of therapy."
It was a good ad hominem counterpunch by Mr. Armitage - one that hit Mr. Gingrich where he is most vulnerable: his reputation for outspokenness. But I ...