From: THE MEDICAL NEWS
U.S. foreign policy should should rely more on diplomacy and "soft
power," Admiral Mike Mullen, chair of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of
Staff, said in a speech at Kansas State University on Wednesday,
Agence France-Presse reports. "U.S. foreign policy is still too
dominated by the military - too dependent upon the generals and
admirals who lead our major overseas commands and not enough on the
State Department," Mullen said, the AFP reports.
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