And so, the question arises: Are women better diplomats than men? Some say the answer is absolutely yes. Some will say definitely not. The last two secretaries of the U.S. State Department have been women. Both strongly believed in the nation's two longest wars.

...Several new programs were created to advance the transformational public diplomacy agenda in today's communications environment. In this connection, there is a Rapid Response Unit that monitors foreign broadcasts and blogs and produces a daily one-to-two page report..

The following is a summary of U.S. and international news and analysis about U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s recent state visit to Europe. Countries visited included: London, Berlin, Warsaw, Ankara, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Rome, Vatican City, Paris, Brussels, and Luxembourg City.