Senator: More Military Grocery Store Workers Than Diplomats at State Department

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said the U.S. government should dedicate more resources to “diplomacy” and “democracy promotion” overseas, noting that the U.S. currently has more military grocery store workers than diplomats working in the State Department. “It’s time to start asking ourselves, can we adequately protect ourselves today if we spend 20 times as much money on the military and intelligence capacity than on diplomacy, energy security, anti-corruption, democracy promotion, anti-propaganda and economic development combined?” Murphy said recently during a Center for American Progress event marking the release of the organization’s new report, Securing a Democratic World: The Case for a Democratic Values-Driven U.S. Foreign Policy. -- More....