Obama's NSS: Promise and Pitfalls
President Obama's first National Security Strategy departs from Bush administration doctrine by redefining the war against terror groups and...
Speakers: Steven Kull, Director, Program on International Policy Attitudes, University of Maryland
Matthew Leatherman, Research Analyst, Stimson Center
R. Jeffrey Smith, Managing Editor for National Security, Center for Public Integrity
Presider: James M. Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
June 27, 2012
Steven Kull, Matthew Leatherman, and R. Jeffrey Smith discuss U.S. public views on national defense-spending, as part of CFR's Renewing America roundtable series.
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