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 12 2 STA T .4609PUBLIC LA W 110 – 41 7—O CT. 14 , 200 8Presid e nt i alD ire c ti v e 1,o r N ational S ec u rit y Presidential Directive 4 4 .(3)FED E RAL A G E NCY . —Th e ter m‘ ‘Federal a g ency ’ ’ means any entity included in cha p ter1o f title 5, U nited States code. SEC.105 5. R E PO R T SO N STR A TE GI CCO M M U NICATION AN D PU BL IC DIPLOMAC Y ACTI V ITIES O F T H E FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. (a) R E PO R TB Y PRE SI DENT.— (1) I NITIAL REPORT.—Not later than Decem b er 31, 20 0 9, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of C ongress a report on a comprehensive interagency strategy for public diplomacy and strategic communication of the Federal G overnment, including benchmar k s and a timetable for achieving such benchmarks. (2) E LE M ENTS O F REPORT.—The report re q uired under para - graph (1) shall include the follo w ing elements

( A ) STRATEGY.—A comprehensive interagency strategy, which shall include the following: (i) Prioriti z ing the mission of supporting specific foreign policy ob j ectives, such as counterterrorism and efforts to combat e x tremist ideology, in parallel and in complement with, as appropriate, the broad mission of communicating the policies and values of the United States to foreign audiences. (ii) Consolidating and elevating, as appropriate, Federal Government leadership to prioritize, manage, and implement the strategy required by this sub- section, including consideration of whether to establish strategic communication and public diplomacy posi- tions at the National Security Council and to establish a single office to coordinate strategic communication and public diplomacy efforts. (iii) Improving coordination across departments and agencies of the Federal Government on strategic communications and public diplomacy. (iv) Consideration of whether resources devoted to strategic communication and public diplomacy efforts should be increased. ( B )ST U DY.—A study of whether to establish an inde- pendent, not-for-profit organization responsible for pro- viding independent assessment and strategic guidance to the Federal Government on strategic communication and public diplomacy, as recommended by the Task Force on Strategic Communication of the Defense Science Board. (C) ROLES OF DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES OF T H E FED- ERAL GO V ERNMENT.—A description of the respective roles of the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State regarding strategic communication and public diplomacy, including— (i) a description of the roles of the offices within the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State engaged in mes- sage outreach to audiences abroad and (ii) an explanation of how the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, and the Depart- ment of State coordinate strategic communication and public diplomacy activities.

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