Reed, I think we're discussing two different things. I am not suggesting that *Army* PSYOP be tasked to some centralized national level organization - Army PSYOP is focused primarily on short term compliance operations, and should continue on that.

The spectrum of PSYOP continues far beyond that though.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/...op-jp-3-53.pdf

I'm not in a position to have an opinion on who should control this organization, DoD, NSC, State, because that's organizational policy, a realm in which I avoid completely.

When I talk about a coordinating national level office I mean one that guides Strategic Influence for the nation, bringing coherence and focus to our Public Diplomacy, Aid, Information, Public Affairs, and Psychological Operations.

US Army PSYOP would remain mostly untouched, at most be given specific tasking and doctrinal guidance.

If I somehow communicated that I was advocating that the Army get involved in all of this, I was most certainly not.