China Network News January 6: January 5, U.S. time, Obama and Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dempsey Panetta held a press conference, released a report entitled global leadership: the 21st century defense priorities, The following is the full text of Obama’s speech:
Good morning, everyone. The United States is the world’s known to defend freedom and security of the most powerful force, in large part, because we set up the training, leadership, and equipment are the best army. As Commander in Chief, I will continue this tradition.
Everyone on stage at the moment, for every soldier, sailor, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guard personnel have a deep sense of responsibility, they will not hesitate to country life in danger. But we owe them a targeted strategy; only when absolutely necessary, before sending them into a dangerous place; to provide them with the equipment needed to complete tasks and support; when they fight back when, I and the family should be access to care. That is our solemn obligation.
In the past three years, as we have been doing. We continue to provide unprecedented investment in the military, including our troops and their combat capability, their dependents and veterans. Thank them for their outstanding contribution, we have ended the war in Iraq. We’ve destroyed al-Qaeda leadership. We have to – Osama bin Laden execution of justice, we have to defeat the terrorist network to send the road. We have made important progress in Afghanistan, we have begun to enter the transition period, so the Afghans to take on more responsibility to protect their own country. We work with allies and partners together to protect the Libyan people, they end up Gaddafi rule.
We are now turned over a decade of war. 3 years ago, we are in Iraq and Afghanistan has 18 million troops. Today, we have cut in half the garrison. With the continued transfer of power to the Afghan government, more troops will return home. In addition, we are in the world with allies to strengthen the relationship between the formation of a new partnership, a joint authority to protect human dignity and the power of one.
In short, we have successfully protected the country, is fighting with the enemy, while reducing the possibility of harm the United States, we have to restore America’s global leadership. That makes us more secure, it will make us more powerful. It is every American’s achievements, especially those wearing U.S. uniforms Americans, they should be proud of. This success of our country again into a period of transition. Even if our troops are still fighting in Afghanistan, the war is still in decline tide. Even if our troops are still fighting today to gain advantage, but we still have the responsibility to look ahead and build the future needs of the army.
At the same time, we must strengthen the domestic economy, that is we maintain a strong foundation in the world, which include straighten out the financial. To this end, the joint support of Republicans and Democrats, Congress passed the 2011 budget control bill to reduce federal spending, including defense budget. I have always insisted that we must do these things with a sense of responsibility. Our national security, our national soldiers’ lives depend on this.
That is why I called for the assessment of a wide range of national defense reasons, that the rapid development in the world to determine our strategic interests, determine priorities and our defense budget spending in the next decade. Because the number and structure of our armed forces, defense budgets have to rely on this strategy to promote, rather than other factors. In addition, we must remember the lessons of history. We can not afford the cost of repeating past mistakes, such as World War II and the Vietnam War, our troops in the face of future challenges, the lack of preparation. As Commander in Chief, I will not let this mistake happen again.
We need a start, we need a smart, strategic priority agenda. Department of Defense announced today the new defense strategy that is generated for this purpose. Panetta and I want to thank Secretary of Defense, General Dempsey, who played in the process of leadership excellence. I would also like to thank the Secretary, other officials, combatant commanders and other Department of Defense’s contribution to the leadership, whether military or civilian officials, both active duty, reserve or guard members. Many of us meet regularly to ask serious questions, challenge our own assumptions, and make difficult choices. We came together here today, will find a system to ensure our national security, our troops continue to crack the way.
The strategy report also have my contribution to the national security team, as well as from the State Department, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs and intelligence agencies to help. This is very critical, because these challenges not only to meet the current need to rely on the military or just rely on the United States itself. It requires the collection of all the forces of our country, and with our allies and partners to work together. So I let Panetta and General Dempsey described the details of the strategy report, and I want to say, this effort reflects my personal is also involved in the process of developing this report. Although the tide of war has receded, but the strategic question to answer is, ten years after the war, we need what kind of army? Today, we are fortunate is located in the path forward toward a strong position.
As I stand, as in Australia, we will strengthen our capabilities in the Asia Pacific region, budget cuts can not be lost key areas for the price. We will continue to give us an important partner and ally of investments, including NATO. Time has proven several times, most recently Libya action, which is multi-military cooperation. We will continue to be vigilant, especially in the Middle East.
We have to look over to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the end of the use of military power in long-term nation-building policies, we can use a smaller-scale conventional ground forces to protect our security. We will continue to get rid of outdated Cold War system, so we will need the ability to be able to spend more, including intelligence, investigation and patrol, counter-terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and to strengthen our opponents refuse to enter the environment combat capability. Therefore, our military should be an appropriate tilt, but the world know that the U.S. military will continue to maintain the priority strategy, flexible, and flexibility to prepare for unpredictable threats.
We will continue to maintain the confidence of the army, to ensure that our troops can get the equipment they need to succeed and ability to focus on the wounded soldiers, mental health, and welfare of military families. As more veterans will be added to civilian life, we will continue to strive to ensure that veterans receive care, allowances, and they want to, and should be given employment opportunities.
Although today is the day we announced our national defense strategy, but I would like to use the words on the end of the defense budget speech. Details of the defense strategy will be announced in the coming weeks, some people may question the efforts to cut too much, others will say too little, this is a benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom of the problem. But I hope everyone can remember, President Eisenhower once said: Each proposal must be considered in a broader space, the need to maintain balance and other national plans. Years War, when we rebuild a variety of domestic and foreign sources of strength, now is the time to restore this balance.
I think all Americans should remember that in the past 10 years, our defense budget in the Great pace. In the next 10 years, the defense budget growth rate will slow down, but in fact, it is still growing, because we are the world’s responsibility, we need to lead the world. In fact, the final defense budget is still more than the Bush administration. I firmly believe that the American people will understand, in order to maintain a strong military to ensure national security, the U.S. defense budget will continue to lag behind in our country than ten countries combined.
I would like to once again feel Xiepaneita and Dempsey generals, all standing on the stage of Defense officials, and those unable to attend the event, they play in this process the role of leadership and cooperation. U.S. military to ensure our country every day dui best, they should get the best return from the country. I thank you all for the contribution of our common goal: to ensure that the United States in the 21st century, strong and secure, ensuring that our military remains the world’s best army.
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