Posted on 02/06/2015 3:10:37 PM PST by jazusamo
Susan Rice pushed back on critics of President Obama's foreign policy Friday as she unveiled the White House’s new national security strategy.
Rice, the White House's national security adviser, said in a speech at the Brookings Institution that the nation is “stronger than we have been in a very long time” despite the bitter debates raging in Washington.
“Too often, what's missing here in Washington is a sense of perspective. Yes, there is a lot going on. Still, while the dangers we face may be more numerous and varied, they are not of the existential nature we confronted during World War II or during the Cold War,” Rice said.
Rice mounted a defense of the administration’s foreign policy, arguing officials have made progress on closing the Guantánamo Bay detention facility. "We reduced the population at Gitmo by half and we mean to keep going."
She defended the administration's pursuit of a international negotiations to roll back Iran’s nuclear program: "We must give diplomacy a chance to finish the job," she said.
And she argued that al Qaeda's core has been decimated, reducing the probability of a large-scale attack on the United States.
However, she said the terrorist threat is more diffuse now, which could raise the probability of the "types of attacks that we have seen in Boston, Ottawa, Sydney and Paris."
When it comes to counterterrorism, Rice said the administration plans to pursue a "comprehensive approach" that consists of military operations, law enforcement work, local partnerships, blockades of terrorist financing and attempts to counter extremist ideology.
"There will be setbacks," she said. "No one-size-fits-all solutions."
Rice's speech comes the same day the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed that a U.S. hostage was killed in Syria by Jordanian airstrikes.
She said U.S. officials are "obviously very concerned" by the reports, but have not yet found any evidence to corroborate those claims.
Rice also touted America’s economic resurgence, citing the improved unemployment rate, the falling deficit and the progression of "an energy boom."
"The president has two years left. Two years is plenty of time. This national security strategy is a blueprint for what we intend to get done in the next two years," she said.
"President Obama will leave everything on the field," she said. "We are committed to seizing the future that lies beyond the crisis of the day."
Right on Rice! This is the same woman who said Bowe Bergdahl served the United States with "honor and distinction"
Rice sure has shown herself to be a stupid person in the least few years
They only make "progress" when we're divided and at each other's throats.
There goes any credibility she may have had.
>>Still, while the dangers we face may be more numerous and varied, they are not of the existential nature we confronted during World War II or during the Cold War,” Rice said.
Ooh. She forgot to mention the existential threat of odorless, colorless gas that is part of the atmosphere that plants use for fuel. That’s going to destroy the world...ummm...next Wednesday (unless Brian Williams does something heroic).
“US not facing ‘existential’ threats”
Why would they need to bother when the fools running the place are doing more damage than some idiot with a bomb ever could?
She has got to be the most useless National Security Adviser our nation has ever had. A totally delusional airhead.
Our greatest existential threat resides in the White House.
The Muslims in the White House are going to get a lot of us killed before the public comes to their senses.
Yes, it is -- primarily from the administration she works for.
The Jarret muppet comes out of its box.
You could not be more correct, she’s a joke as NS Adviser and it’s not at all a funny joke.
Sadly, you may well be right.
She’s almost as credible as Ram-boy Williams on NBC.
It was second year poli-sci major babble from an overpriced college "C" student trying to emulate her professor's bull$hit.
Translation: "He still has two more years to bring this country to its knees."
When the government says there is nothing to worry about...be afraid...be very afraid.
This is the same woman who says any damned thing they send out to say. Her willingness to do so is what got her to the high position she's in.
Obama’s zero watt bulb speaks
We can all sleep better tonight after this announcement. We are so fortunate that we have such gifted leaders running this country, especially this lady, who only lied on about six different Sunday morning news shows.
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