By JAMES DAO and ERIC SCHMITT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 ― The Pentagon is developing plans to provide news items, possibly even false ones, to foreign media organizations as part of a new effort to influence public sentiment and policy makers in both friendly and unfriendly countries, military officials said.
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