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 New security strategy touts partnership efforts By Air Force Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke
                National Guard Bureau
 WASHINGTON, - Military-to-military contacts are a "critical
component" of global engagement and support our nation's security, according
to the new National Security Strategy presented to Congress May 27. "Our ability to sustain these alliances, and to build coalitions of support
toward common objectives, depends in part on the capabilities of America's
Armed Forces," the strategy states. The National Guard's State Partnership Program facilitates many of these
military-to-military activities. Currently, there are 62 partnerships around
the world with the most recent being added in Africa. "We have to have the vision to engage those countries that can, or may be,
influenced by those looking to exert control over them," Air Force Gen. Craig
R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau told SPP workshop
participants earlier this year. "Through state partnerships we can reach out
and assist those nations in averting that influence." President Barack Obama's national security advisor James L. Jones Jr. said
during a news conference here at the Foreign Press Center on May 27 that
engaging with allies is key to the strategy. He added that Obama has stressed that no one nation can solve the problems of
the world. "We will pursue comprehensive engagement around the world," Jones said. "We
will strengthen old alliances, we will build new partnerships with emerging
centers of influence in every region, and we will push for institutions that
are more capable of responding to the challenges of our time." To prevent attacks on the homeland, the strategy calls for the combined
efforts of intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security capabilities. "We will continue to integrate and leverage state and major urban area fusion
centers that have the capability to share classified information; establish a
nationwide framework for reporting suspicious activity; and implement an
integrated approach to our counterterrorism information systems," the
strategy states. This approach, according to the strategy will "ensure that the analysts,
agents, and officers who protect us have access to all relevant intelligence
throughout the government." The strategy also suggests that information sharing is improving across
local, state and federal channels. Coordination is also improving with the help of foreign partners "to
identify, track, limit access to funding, and prevent terrorist travel," the
strategy states. To keep Americans safe and secure at home, the U.S. government wants to
reduce vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure and at our borders, ports
and airports and to enhance transportation and space and cyber security. "Building on this foundation, we recognize that the global systems that carry
people, goods, and data around the globe also facilitate the movement of
dangerous people, goods, and data," the strategy states. The U.S. government is also building on its capability to prepare for
disasters. "To improve our preparedness, we are integrating domestic all hazards
planning at all levels of government and building key capabilities to respond
to emergencies," the strategy states adding that communication systems must
be improved for first responders. The strategy also calls for more "realistic" exercises that will continually
test and improve disaster plans. Finally, Obama said in his foreword, the strategy is based on American
beliefs and values. "Our long-term security will come not from our ability to instill fear in
other peoples, but through our capacity to speak to their hopes," he said.
"And that work will best be done through the power of the decency and dignity
of the American people - our troops and diplomats, but also our private
sector, nongovernmental organizations and citizens. All of us have a role to
play." (Jim Garamone of American Forces Press Service contributed to this report.)
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