Building on a politcal career which was marked by integrity and humanitarianism (which seems like an oxymoron these days), former advisor to President Bush Karen Hughes has, according to the Wall Street Journal, called on companies to "play a bigger role in diplomacy." Now working for the U.S. State Department, Hughes has made it a point to propagate and extend the American ideas of hope and rebuilding to other nations amidst such issues as "the Iraq war and subsequent reports of torture [that] have caused friction with many longtime U.S. allies and have raised the level of resentment against the US," according to article author Neil King.
Touring the parts of Pakistan affected by a massive earthquake on October 8th of last year, Hughes showed the current CEOs of Pfizer Inc., Xerox Corp., and the former CEO of United Parcel Service Inc., the exact areas, and groups of people that the financial contributions of their major corporations would go to help.
I personally am excited to see the cooperation between the public and private sectors of the U.S. economy. It is to Ambassador Hughes' credit that she has been able to invigorate these relations. The results of her work are seen in the comments of Citigroup Inc. chairman Sanford Weill, who stated "I think companies are realizing that we all have to be salesmen for America and not just sit back and rely on the government."
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