Reagan Doctrine legal barriers prohibiting private organizations and citizens from supporting these resistance movements. Within the Reagan administration, the doctrine was quickly embraced by nearly all of Reagan's top national security and foreign policy officials, including Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, and a series of Reagan National Security advisers including John Poindexter, Frank Carlucci, and Colin Powell. Reagan himself was a vocal proponent of the policy. Seeking to expand Congressional support for the doctrine in the 1985 State of the Union Address in February 1985, Reagan said: "We must not break faith with those who are risking their lives...on
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and other Federal Department public affairs professionals. The ATSD(PA) is supported by the following divisions: The position was originally established as the "Assistant to the Secretary (Director, Office of Public Information)" by Secretary James V. Forrestal in July 1948. After Reorganization Plan No.6 of 30 June 1953 increased the number of assistant secretaries, Defense Directive 5122.1 of September 1953 redesignated the post as "Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative and Public Affairs)" This position was abolished in February 1957, and functions were divided between two new posts, the "Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)" and an "Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative