Lawmaker, Experts Urge Better Coordination Among Foreign Policy Agencies

By Tiffany Orth
Roll Call Staff

Sept. 4, 2008, 6:20 p.m.

Foreign policy experts and Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) today said that the degree of coordination between the State Department and other foreign policy entities within the federal government needs to be improved.

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