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Sep 2020
41m 15s

Government Truthfulness as a Foundation ...

Center For Strategic And International Studies
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John Kirby was a chief spokesman for both the Department of Defense and the Department of State. In this session, host John Hamre and Kirby discuss the importance of public communications as a foundation for credibility of government action, explaining how public communications reinforces rule of law. 
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