Thursday, December 14, 2017

President Trump To Unveil His National Security Strategy Next Week

Trump Meets With Troops
From left, Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald J. Trump, and National Security Advisor Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster talk with service members during a lunch in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, July 18, 2017. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

US News and World Report/Reuters: Trump to Unveil Key National Security Strategy

Russia and China top the list of threats the Trump White House has identified as the president strives to fulfill campaign promises.

President Donald Trump will unveil his administration's first National Security Strategy on Monday, outlining what he considers the greatest global threats as well as America's goals and objectives for countering them, his top adviser for security issues says.

"Geopolitics are back and they are back with a vengeance," national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Tuesday at a conference organized by the London-based think tank Policy Exchange.

The document will be the first of its kind since the 2015 National Security Strategy released by President Barack Obama, the last of two such strategies from the 44th president's tenure. George W. Bush similarly issued two of the broad policy sketches during his administration. The document was mandated by the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Defense Department Reorganization Act to be an annual report by the White House to Congress, though most have been late or non-existent.

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WNU Editor:  This national security paper is already generating a lot of debate, and the debate is going to be even more intense when it is finally released this Monday.

More News And Commentary On President Trump's National Security Strategy That Will Be Unveiled Next Week

McMaster previews new national security strategy ahead of next week's official release -- ABC News
Trump’s security paper offers stark vision of global rivalry -- AP
New US National Security Strategy Focused on 'Competitive Engagement' -- VOA
Trump Adviser Calls Russia and China ‘Threats’ to U.S. Liberty -- Bloomberg
Allies Are Key, Says Trump’s National Security Strategy -- Defense One
Trump's security paper offers stark vision of global rivalry -- ABC News
A National-Security Strategy Devoid of Values -- David Frum, The Atlantic
What Would an Honest National Security Strategy Say? -- Thomas Wright, War on the Rocks

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