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As global public opinion of America remains low, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates surprised many political analysts recently by calling for "a dramatic increase in spending on the civilian instruments of national security - diplomacy, strategic communications, foreign assistance, civic action and economic reconstruction and development."

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