At a recent public forum held at the Brookings Institution, Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) agreed that the U.S. needs to do more on strategic communication, but differed on implementation methods. Brownback called for the establishment of a new entity to lead U.S. strategic communication efforts, while Smith stated his view that there are “too many new agencies” and we need to place this function within an existing entity, “most logically”, he said, in the State Department.