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11. Relationships between the U.S. and the country of Lapatria are at an all-time low. In order to best engage with the local press, the embassy spokesperson should
  1. avoid face-to-face contact with the press until diplomatic relations stabilize
  2. invite influential journalists to the embassy for one-on-one interviews to explain the U.S. position
  3. hold a press conference to explain the U.S. position on the tensions
  4. set up a Web page explaining the U.S. position on the matter
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12. A series of editorials appear in the Lapatrian press condemning the lack of donor aid from the U.S. government. To counter these criticisms most effectively, a Foreign Service Officer would:
  1. lobby for the expansion of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) support for development in Lapatria
  2. publish booklets and disseminate press releases that stress the importance of private as well as public U.S. philanthropic activities in Lapatria
  3. host a press conference denouncing the criticisms as unjust
  4. contact the State Department home office regarding the expansion of donor aid to Lapatria
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13. Which of the following international broadcasting services, directed to audiences in the Middle East region, is funded by the U.S. government?
  1. Al Jazeera
  2. Al-Arabiya
  3. Radio Farda
  4. Radio Dijla
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14. Public diplomacy, as defined by the Department of State, differs from propaganda in that public diplomacy
  1. carefully avoids controversial issues
  2. must always be based on facts and the truth
  3. often clashes with U.S. foreign policy interests
  4. is conducted exclusively by private citizens
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15. As part of U.S. public diplomacy outreach efforts, the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs brings non-U.S. citizens to the U.S. for graduate study in which of the following programs?
  1. The Herbert Hoover Fellows Program
  2. Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowships Program
  3. The Henry M. Catto Fellowships
  4. The E. Eugene Pell Fellows Program
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