Gates is Right on "Soft Power"
In an address delivered yesterday at Kansas State University, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates took the unusual step of advocating major increases in non-military tools of national power, from diplomacy to development assistance.
As noted in an article in the Los Angeles Times, Gates graphically underscored the relative resources involved, noting that the State Department's current roster of 6,600 foreign service officers is "less than the manning for one aircraft carrier strike group."
