Obama seeks to recast postwar foreign policy
Source: AP-Excite
By JULIE PACE
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the nation emerges from more than a decade of war, President Barack Obama is seeking to recast U.S. foreign policy as an endeavor aimed at building international consensus and avoiding unilateral overreach.
Obama's new approach includes $5 billion to help other countries fight terrorism and to expand funding for Defense Department intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, special operations and other activities.
Obama was to outline his plans Wednesday during a commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. The speech comes one day after the president put forward a blueprint for ending U.S. military engagement in Afghanistan by the time he leaves office.
"I'm confident that if we carry out this approach, we can not only responsibly end our war in Afghanistan and achieve the objectives that took us to war in the first place, we'll also be able to begin a new chapter in the story of American leadership around the world," Obama said Tuesday during an appearance in the White House Rose Garden.
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FILE - This May 22, 2010 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during commencement ceremonies in West Point, N.Y. The president will use his commencement address at West Point Wednesday to defend his foreign policy against criticism that he has relinquished America's global leadership and stands by idly as problems erupt in the Middle East, Russia, China and beyond. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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