Brennan said the approach can be seen in President Obama's personal diplomacy, especially in his speech to the Muslim community in Cairo this year.

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And the Jordanian monarch came to the White House last week as a prelude to a new round of personal diplomacy by the president designed to get the Israeli-Palestinian peace process back on track.

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His personal diplomacy has also helped resurrect India's investor profile, including a major international road shows earlier this year.

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Vacationing in dictatorships is always a bad idea, even if it is justified by the self-serving notion of conducting personal diplomacy.

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Like the man who appointed him, Harriman believed in personal diplomacy.

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