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Debating U.S. diplomacy.(response to article on the U.S. State Department by Newt Gingrich, Foreign Policy, July/August 2003; includes reply)
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Foreign Policy
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September 1, 2003
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Denounced in the U.S. Congress as "scurrilous," Newt Gingrich's cover story "Rogue State Department" (July/August 2003) drew widespread attention from our readers and the media. Comments from several top former policymakers, and Gingrich's response, are presented below. For more reactions and debate, visit www.foreignpolicy.com.
FROM STUART E. EIZENSTAT, FORMER U.S. UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE
The State Department that Newt Gingrich describes in his diatribe ("Rogue State Department," July/August 2003) bears no resemblance to the department I know from my service in the Clinton administration, both as a U.S. ambassador and as an under secretary of state.
Gingrich ...