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answers and constant reminders that foreign assistance programs are important to
overall national security.
In short, State Department communicators use their website as a teaching tool.
For example, how does the government measure the eectiveness of dollars invested
abroad? e answer is easy to nd on State.gov. Go to the “Framework for Foreign
Assistance” web page for the following explanation:
e Foreign Assistance Framework is an analytical tool aimed at
targeting limited U.S. Government resources eciently and eectively
within countries and at the regional and global level. It categorizes each
countr ...