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She was the first person in politics who realized that with TV, the visual image of the background for the President would be a critical factor. However, it would not be until the Ronald Regan Presidency until the process became a critical political craft if not an art form.


Her experience in the United Nations made her realize that most of the foreign policies of the more powerful and sophisticated countries were stated in such complex, nuanced, and politically coded language, that most of the literate and educated people in many countries could not understand them. This was, and is today, often true of many government officials around the world.


In 1963 the White House Chief of Staff, Walter Jenkins, was arrested for homosexual solicitation at the YMCA. Johnson fired Jenkins but was personally very supportive to an old friend and advisor. However, the story was the major media story of the time. Johnson was preparing a major speech and hoped to get the Jenkins story off the front page.


Trout is one of the leading Madison Avenue experts on branding and image creation. He was hired by the State Department to help with its Public Diplomacy Crises of the George W. Bush administration during which even amongst our traditional allies public opinion turned from very pro America to strong anti American perception.


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  • Born: November 8, 1951
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  • Profession: Writer, Broadcaster & Academic

Paul Vallely CMG is a British writer on religion, ethics, Africa and development issues. In his seminal 1990 book Bad Samaritans: First World Ethics and Third World Debt, he first coined the phrase that campaigners needed to move "from charity to justice" – a slogan that was taken up by Jubilee 2000 and Live 8.