Is new Public Diplomacy Czar Rick Stengel off to a good start?

"Very long title"

--Newly appointed Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel, regarding his position at the State Department, speaking on the msnbc.com show "Morning Joe"

"Stengel should forget the 'Morning Joe' crowd."

--Foreign Policy commenter Jonathan E. Kaplan [scroll down link for item]

Image from, with caption: Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough (co-hosts of  "MSNBC’s savvy, caffeinated Morning Joe" ) photographed at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, in New York City

More Seriously

Isn't the job of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs to focus on foreign, rather domestic, audiences? 

From the State Department homepage:

The Under Secretary leads America's public diplomacy outreach, which includes communications with international audiences, cultural programming, academic grants, educational exchanges, international visitor programs, and U.S. Government efforts to confront ideological support for terrorism. The Under Secretary oversees the bureaus of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Public Affairs, and International Information Programs, as well as the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, and participates in foreign policy development.