New Obama security strategy targets Americans radicalized by al Qaeda
“Vowing to continue to ‘underwrite global security’ — but not alone — the Obama administration Thursday released its first National Security Strategy, a 52-page outline of the president’s strategic approach and priorities.
The NSS, required by Congress of every administration to be prepared every four years, for the first time combines homeland security and national security, focusing not only on threats internationally but on the threat of home-grown radicals inspired and recruited by al Qaeda.
‘We view this as an important and emerging challenge,’ Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communication, told reporters. Al Qaeda, he said, is less capable of using safe havens for training abroad and is now ‘trying to inspire Americans to carry out attacks on the U.S.’”
(Source: New Obama security strategy targets Americans radicalized by al Qaeda – CNN.com.)
