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Foreign Policy: Cacophony.(a sense of disorganization and conflict in the Bush administration's State Department and Defense Department)(Brief Article)
The Bush administration's foreign policy is a work in progress. At the Defense Department, only five political appointees have been confirmed; that leaves 40 to go. It is too soon to issue definitive judgments. But it is not too soon to worry about the emerging patterns of our foreign policy-about its substance and the manner of its articulation.
This is an administration that prides itself on its discipline. Its members are team players. At the same time, Bush has made it clear that he has no desire to micromanage his staff. He is willing to surround himself with confident, strong-minded people. He sets forth general principles, and they fill in the details. But this management model is self-contradictory. Confident, strong-minded people have their own ideas and are not easily controlled. Unless the president provides more direction, the result will be a set of conflicting initiatives and statements that will bewilder concerned citizens, our allies, and our foes.
Examples of such conflicts abound. Secretary of State Colin Powell announces that the administration will continue its predecessor's approach to North Korea. Then Bush contradicts him. Bush takes a tough line against Castro. Then Powell testifies that the dictator has "done good things for his people." Bush tells Yasser Arafat that he must "stop the violence." Powell criticizes Israel for trying to, well, stop the violence.
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