One way this expertise could be developed is by expanding national security studies at the Inter-American Defense College, so that civilians and military can better understand each others' contributions. We will discuss how the armed forces can sometimes contribute to national development in special areas of acute need and, as we agreed at the Miami summit, to find practical ways to protect human rights. We have created an ambitious agenda together, but we have ambitious hopes for our hemisphere. Our hopes are for a hemisphere of nations that talk together, work together, trade together and face our mutual security challenges together. All in the spirit of openness, cooperation and democracy.
Every moment is critical for the preservation of freedom.
Well, this is a critical moment for our hemisphere. The friends we make and the ideas we share here at Williamsburg can go a long way toward preventing moments of crisis and ensuring the defense of freedom in this hemisphere. This material is in the public domain and may be reprinted without permission.