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Restoring America’s Trust and Influence Abroad – From Talk to Action

The Strengthening America's Future Initiative

As the President, Congress and the American people bring a focus to facing our current challenges, the country must accept the fact that the world, and America’s position in it, has changed. The evolving nature of U.S. influence in a multi-polar world is a reality for which the President and Congress must plan and set a new strategic direction. Barack Obama’s election and approach to the world—including his groundbreaking speeches in Cairo and Oslo, his willingness to engage in a new dialogue with America’s friends and enemies, the effort to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and his thorough deliberation before deploying additional American troops and resources to Afghanistan are transformative factors in changing the world’s perception of the United States Presidency.

This President has an opportunity to create a new approach to global engagement, set a new post-Cold War national strategy, and change the way America creates security while interacting with the international community. It is up to this President to work with Congress to move America through this difficult period by articulating a clear American foreign policy vision and working hard to fulfill U.S. promises to the world; taking direct action to keep our fiscal house in order; and developing tools necessary inside government to project the U.S. vision and foreign policy. This includes allocating, in the most rational and effective manner, the resources necessary for communications, diplomacy, and development.

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