President Barack Obama has made it clear in his speeches and in his
own national security strategy that this nation’s ability to protect
its interests around the world depends upon a healthy economy at home.
The president noted in a speech to the graduating class at West Point
earlier this year that “our strength and influence abroad begins with
the steps we take at home … Simply put, American innovation must be a
foundation of American power—because at no time in human history has a
nation of diminished economic vitality maintained its military and
political primacy.”
He then went on to note the need to achieve sustainable security through more effective integration of the instruments of national power:
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Author: Lawrence J. Korb, Laura Conley
