Shocking News: Americans Ignorant of Outside World

The Strategic Task Force on Education Abroad, headed by former education secretary Richard Riley and former US senator Paul Simon, reports that, "'We strongly believe that the events of Sept. 11 constituted a wake-up call, a warning that America's ignorance of the world is now a national liability." Also, Americans suffer from a "pervasive lack of knowledge" about the world. Read more in an article in The Straits Times from Singapore.