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Copyright 1996 The Washington Post
The Washington Post
May 03, 1996,· Friday, Final Edition ,
SECTION: OP-ED; Pg. A21
LENGTH: 568 words
HEADLINE: A Second 'American Century'
BYLINE: Anthony Lake
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Will America stay engaged in the new post-Cold War world it has helped
create? Or will we instead heed those who would, either out of apathy or
parsimony, restrict our nation's unique ability to shape the world's future and
our own?
Congress; and through it the American people, will face these questions in
the coming days when it reviews the funding for America's international
activities for 1997.
By any measure, the amount we spend on international activities is extremely
modest. Total resources committed to our international agenda is a very small
percentage of the federal budget -- only 1.3 percent -- and an even smaller
proportion of our gross national product -- two-tenths of one percent. Contrary
to popular perception, the United States provides less than 20 percent of the
world's foreign assistance, and 20 countries already contribute more than we do
as a percentage of GNP. And we have been doing more with less for years: The
annual U.S. budget for international affairs has declined 40 percent in real
terms since 1985.
Despite its modest size, the effect of our international budget on the lives
of Americans is profound and direct.
First, our international budget is making our people more prosperous by
expanding and opening markets for American goods and services. For example, U.S.
exports to Latin America in a single year -- 1993 -- were 2.5 times greater than
all the economic assistance we had provided to that continent in the previous 45
years.
Forty-three of the world's 50 largest importers of U.S. agricultural
products once received U.S. food aid. Developing countries and countries making
the transition from communism to market democracy represent about 40 percent of
our export markets and support millions of American jobs. Between 1990 and 1995,
U.S. exports to these countries alone increased by$ 98.7 billion·. Simply put,
foreign assistance is good business.
Second, our international budget is making our people safer at a time when
threats to their security transcend national boundaries. These resources combat
a host of "equal-opportunity destroyers," among them: nuclear and conventional
weapons proliferation, environmental degradation, terrorism, international
organized crime and drug trafficking, stateless and rogue-state violence and the
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uncontrolled flow of refugees. Taken individually, these threats destroy
innocent lives. Together, they can threaten the fabric of an open and democratic
society.
Every dollar we devote to this effort can mean fewer drugs on our streets and
more terrorists stopped or brought to justice before they strike. Foreign aid
can mean more nuclear weapons dismantled and a halt to nuclear weapons programs
around the world. It can mean more international peacekeepers to help stop
regional conflicts that.affect U.S. interests. It can mean more ecosystems
protected and more humanitarian needs met. And it can mean more democracies and
fewer dictatorships.
The case for American leadership in the world -- and the resources for its
effective exercise -- is compelling. In the days and weeks ahead, we hope
Congress will join with the president in helping shape a second "American
century" of security and pr-osperity. Decisions on funding for the coming year
will be a clear measure of our commitment to that vision.
The writer is assistant to the president for national security affairs.
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<p>Antony Blinken served in the Clinton Administration as the chief foreign policy speechwriter in the National Security Council Speechwriting Directorate from 1994 thru 1998.</p>
<p>Blinken prepared remarks for President Clinton, Anthony Lake, Samuel Berger, James Steinberg, and General Donald Kerrick. His speechwriting topics cover a variety of subjects for various audiences including but not limited to: foreign trips or head of state visits, United Nations General Assembly addresses, and State of the Union and weekly radio addresses. As an NSC speechwriter, Blinken produced speeches on major foreign policy actions during the Clinton Administration on Haiti, Iraq and Bosnia. The documents in the collection consist of speech drafts, newspaper and magazine articles, memos, correspondence, schedules, and handwritten notes.</p>
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