At a recent hearing examining U.S. public diplomacy efforts to stem the tide of anti-Americanism in the Islamic world, Senators called for more resources for public diplomacy and exchange programs.

"Money alone will not solve our public diplomacy problems. But I respectfully suggest that we need to invest a lot more in public diplomacy," said ranking Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrat Joe Biden (D-DE) at the February 26 hearing. "We have proven programs in educational and citizen exchanges, cultural diplomacy, and international broadcasting - all of which are underfunded. We only hurt ourselves, and the national interest, by such parsimony."