Obama to map out new chapter in US foreign policy in West Point address
Barack Obama will outline his vision for a new chapter in American foreign policy on Wednesday with a speech aimed at quelling growing criticism of US isolationism following troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan and recent decisions against military intervention elsewhere.
In an address to graduating officers at West Point that White House officials say will map out America's new role in the world, the president is expected to argue there is a middle way between interventionism and isolationism that will not drag the US into unnecessary conflicts in future.
“This new chapter in American foreign policy will allow us to redirect some of the resources saved by ending these wars to respond more nimbly to the changing threat of terrorism, while addressing a broader set of priorities around the globe,” Obama told reporters on Tuesday after announcing his troop withdrawal timetable for Afghanistan.
Secretary of State John Kerry said on ABC's Good Morning America that Obama would use the speech at the United States Military Academy in New York to announce the US is setting up a $5bn "terrorism partnership fund" for countries to fight extremists.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/28/obama-new-chapter-foreign-policy-west-point-address
