"President Obama has pursued national security policies that keep the American people safe, while turning the page on a decade of war and restoring American leadership abroad. Since President Obama took office, the United States has devastated al Qaeda’s leadership. Now, thanks to our extraordinary servicemen and women, we have reached a pivotal moment – we definitively ended the war in Iraq and have begun to wind down the war in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, we have refocused on a broader set of priorities around the globe that will allow the United States to be safe, strong, and prosperous in the 21st century."
Foreign Policy- His Fist foreign trip in his second term was to Israel, West Bank and Jordan. He met with the leader of the countries. Obama has focused on Asia Pacific as a important part of the future to of the US. On Economically and world security. Obama was the first US President to go to Burma and Cambodia.
The Leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia joined Obama to a camp to talk about major global problems. One Obama fought Al Qaida and killed Osama bin Laden. He also ended the war in Iraq with all troops out by the end of 2011. He Proposed to have a new beginning between the US and Muslims around the world. New policy steps towards Cuba.
President Obama declared his vision for achieving the “peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons,” laying out a plan for near term practical steps to move in that direction. He proposed measures to: reduce the number and role of nuclear weapons by those states that already possess nuclear weapons, starting first with Russia and the U.S.; to prevent additional countries from acquiring nuclear weapons by strengthening the international non-proliferation regime and by holding accountable those states that have violated their obligations, such as Iran and North Korea; to prevent nuclear terrorism by securing vulnerable nuclear materials and strengthening international cooperation on nuclear security; and, to develop new mechanisms to support the growth of safe and secure nuclear power in ways that reduce the spread of dangerous technologies.
President Obama issued an updated Nuclear Posture Review that reduces the role of nuclear weapons in our overall defense posture by declaring that the fundamental role of U.S. nuclear forces is to deter nuclear attacks against the U.S. and our allies and partners.
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