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Description:Excerpt from U. S. National Security Strategy: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, February 2 and 7, 1995 Chairman Thurmond. The committee will come to order. We have the pleasure of having Dr. Kissinger with us today. Dr. Kissinger, I am pleased to welcome you to today's hearing as we take up the serious matter of America's national security planning. We are honored by your presence, and we look forward to your discussion of America's interests, goals, and commitments. It is ironic that the passing of the Cold War has in many ways complicated our national security planning. We no longer have a single, overwhelming threat to guide our thinking in this area. Instead, we face diverse and more unpredictable threats. In this environment, it is all the more necessary for the United States to have a clear national security strategy to guide our military planning and operations. Given the uncertain nature of the threats we are likely to face in the future, we must find an appropriate basis for our national security strategy. This foundation must be firmly anchored to our own national interests and objectives. Unfortunately, this job remains incomplete. I remain concerned that the United States has in recent years allowed budgetary pressures, rather than a coherent strategy, to drive our military planning. Today, we remain without a clear and compelling national security strategy to guide us. Without this, we will surely waste money and put at risk our most precious resource, the fine men and women in the Armed Forces. We have asked Dr. Kissinger to address the foundations of American national security strategy as the committee prepares to examine U.S. military planning and budgeting. Dr. Kissinger, we are particularly interested to hear your testimony on what you see as America's interests, goals, and commitments. By exploring these underlying pillars of national strategy, we hope to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of American defense planning. Senator Exon. Senator Exon. Senator Thurmond, thank you very much. Dr. Kissinger, welcome to you. I first want to say Senator Nunn, who would usually be speaking at this time for the minority, is necessarily absent this morning. He asked me to express his regrets to you, with our thanks for all that you have done over the years. He also was good enough to afford me some notes that he took from a discussion that you had at some organizational meeting back in November where a whole multitude of things were discussed that will undoubtedly be covered here that he was very much impressed with. I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for scheduling this hearing on the foundations of the U.S. national security strategy. This hearing, coming after last week's Intelligence Committee briefings on the worldwide threat situation, will provide, I suggest, an excellent framework, along with next week's hearings on implementing U.S. strategy and U.S. force planning, for our consideration of the President's defense budget. I want to add my warm welcome to Dr. Kissinger, whose credentials have already been fully described by you and well known to all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with U. S. National Security Strategy: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, February 2 and 7, 1995 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding U. S. National Security Strategy: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, February 2 and 7, 1995 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from U. S. National Security Strategy: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, February 2 and 7, 1995 Chairman Thurmond. The committee will come to order. We have the pleasure of having Dr. Kissinger with us today. Dr. Kissinger, I am pleased to welcome you to today's hearing as we take up the serious matter of America's national security planning. We are honored by your presence, and we look forward to your discussion of America's interests, goals, and commitments. It is ironic that the passing of the Cold War has in many ways complicated our national security planning. We no longer have a single, overwhelming threat to guide our thinking in this area. Instead, we face diverse and more unpredictable threats. In this environment, it is all the more necessary for the United States to have a clear national security strategy to guide our military planning and operations. Given the uncertain nature of the threats we are likely to face in the future, we must find an appropriate basis for our national security strategy. This foundation must be firmly anchored to our own national interests and objectives. Unfortunately, this job remains incomplete. I remain concerned that the United States has in recent years allowed budgetary pressures, rather than a coherent strategy, to drive our military planning. Today, we remain without a clear and compelling national security strategy to guide us. Without this, we will surely waste money and put at risk our most precious resource, the fine men and women in the Armed Forces. We have asked Dr. Kissinger to address the foundations of American national security strategy as the committee prepares to examine U.S. military planning and budgeting. Dr. Kissinger, we are particularly interested to hear your testimony on what you see as America's interests, goals, and commitments. By exploring these underlying pillars of national strategy, we hope to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of American defense planning. Senator Exon. Senator Exon. Senator Thurmond, thank you very much. Dr. Kissinger, welcome to you. I first want to say Senator Nunn, who would usually be speaking at this time for the minority, is necessarily absent this morning. He asked me to express his regrets to you, with our thanks for all that you have done over the years. He also was good enough to afford me some notes that he took from a discussion that you had at some organizational meeting back in November where a whole multitude of things were discussed that will undoubtedly be covered here that he was very much impressed with. I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for scheduling this hearing on the foundations of the U.S. national security strategy. This hearing, coming after last week's Intelligence Committee briefings on the worldwide threat situation, will provide, I suggest, an excellent framework, along with next week's hearings on implementing U.S. strategy and U.S. force planning, for our consideration of the President's defense budget. I want to add my warm welcome to Dr. Kissinger, whose credentials have already been fully described by you and well known to all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with U. S. National Security Strategy: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, February 2 and 7, 1995 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding U. S. National Security Strategy: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, February 2 and 7, 1995 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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