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May 28, 2010

Admin Asserts "Right to Act Unilaterally" in 1st National Security Strategy
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The Obama administration has released its first National Security
Strategy since taking office. The document calls for boosting
multilateral cooperation and strengthening international institutions
and treaties. But in language echoing the Bush administration on the use
of force, the document asserts "the United States must reserve the right
to act unilaterally." Speaking in Washington, Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton said "values" are at the core of US national security policy.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: "Values matter to our national
security. It should go without saying, but it needs to be not only
repeated but perhaps emblazoned as a set of principles that are guiding
us. Democracy, human rights, development are mutually reinforcing, and
they are deeply connected to our national interests."



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