cpd US public diplomat in residence
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August 28, 2014
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomes veteran diplomat and public diplomacy practitioner Patrick J. Linehan as the CPD Public Diplomat in Residence for the 2014-15 academic year.
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Throughout his life and career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Linehan has witnessed the LGBT movement increase in momentum, reach, and scale. Read the exclusive interview
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Robert Banks joins the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School as its U.S. Public Diplomat in Residence for the 2009-2010 term.