U.S. image a tough sell for Hughes on Mideast trip - Yahoo! News
U.S. image a tough sell for Hughes on Mideast trip - Yahoo! News: "SHANNON (Reuters) - U.S. goodwill envoy Karen Hughes was in the midst of explaining her 'four E' strategy to an audience in Jeddah when reality dawned.
'They probably don't translate very well into Arabic,' she said with a laugh.
On a five-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey, her first as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, Hughes learned that a lot more than engage, exchange, educate and empower have been lost in translation between Americans and Muslims abroad.
'I was very cognizant that this was a challenge,' she said of her mission to find out why so many Muslims have such a hostile view of the United States and what she can do about it.
Hughes is a close confidante and image-shaper of
President George W. Bush with no previous experience in foreign diplomacy other than accompanying him abroad during trips in the first years of his presidency.
'I expected that I would hear from a lot of people who disagree with our policies and we did hear that,' Hughes told reporters on Thursday on her way home to Washington. But she said she did not expect the degree to which Muslims' 'perceptions of America are related to how Americans are seeing them.'"
'They probably don't translate very well into Arabic,' she said with a laugh.
On a five-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey, her first as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, Hughes learned that a lot more than engage, exchange, educate and empower have been lost in translation between Americans and Muslims abroad.
'I was very cognizant that this was a challenge,' she said of her mission to find out why so many Muslims have such a hostile view of the United States and what she can do about it.
Hughes is a close confidante and image-shaper of
President George W. Bush with no previous experience in foreign diplomacy other than accompanying him abroad during trips in the first years of his presidency.
'I expected that I would hear from a lot of people who disagree with our policies and we did hear that,' Hughes told reporters on Thursday on her way home to Washington. But she said she did not expect the degree to which Muslims' 'perceptions of America are related to how Americans are seeing them.'"
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