HENRY HYDE
(Henry John Hyde)
Under President William Clinton the United States had been very popular abroad with Clinton greeted enthusiastically in most part of the world. When President George W. Bush took office the image of America took a downward plunge to one of the lowest points in American History. Many like Hyde could not understand why the United States could not present its image better. Others claimed that Bush and his policies and practices were so unpopular that media techniques and public diplomacy could not change reality.
Henry John Hyde was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago's northwestern suburbs. He was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 2001, and the House International Relations Committee from 2001 to 2007. He is most famous for writing the Hyde Amendment, as a vocal abortion opponent.
