It also has raised questions about Unity's decision to broaden its efforts to improve newsroom representation by including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender journalists, as well as racial and ethnic minority journalists.
Also on Tuesday, the United States and Britain introduced a resolution that would extend the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq for another 12 months and broaden its efforts to promote political dialogue and national reconciliation.
In an interview in November, Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explained the Pentagon's desire to broaden its efforts to influence foreign audiences, saying: "Perhaps the most challenging piece of this is putting together what we call a strategic influence campaign quickly and with the right emphasis.
In polls at the time, 3 in 4 Americans said Washington should not broaden its effort to help the carmakers, as it ended up doing; nearly 6 in 10 poll respondents opposed the bailouts once they happened; and 54 percent of people said they were "mostly bad for the economy".
That aid effort, initially known as Concern Africa, shortened its name to Concern in 1970 as it broadened its efforts, seeking to provide food, medical support and education in many of the world's poorest countries.
But the Wage and Hour Division said it had broadened its efforts beyond agriculture, health care and apparel manufacturing to include other low-wage businesses, including day care, restaurants, construction and hotels.
Today's Sinn Fein is also broadening its efforts beyond Northern Ireland to the Irish Republic, where it has a minor presence in the rough-and-tumble world of Irish politics.
Broadening its efforts to clamp down on the news media, Botswana's government has proposed legislation that would allow the authorities to determine which journalists and newspapers can operate in the country and permit the police to seize any publications deemed offensive.
Indeed, as the United States broadens its effort to win the hearts and minds of Muslims, it would do well to look into the heads of the journalists who shape opinions in those societies.
China also appears to be ratcheting up pressure by broadening its effort to use current and former senior officials to make China's case to the world.
The Chinese government broadened its effort to limit pornography on the Internet by criticizing 19 Internet companies on Monday, including the two market leaders in China, Google and Baidu.
