President Clinton transmitted National Security Strategy Report to Congress-4/1/2000

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

January 4, 2000

1999 NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY REPORT

Today President Clinton transmitted the 1999 National Security Strategy Report to Congress, as required annually by the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986. The report, entitled “A National Security Strategy for a New Century,” outlines the President’s vision for America’s role in the world and discusses the Administration’s international priorities.

The three core objectives of U.S. national security strategy are to enhance America’s security, to bolster America’s economic prosperity, and to promote democracyDemocracy It is a power word. power rests with the ordinary Citizens. Only educated people understand power. A corrupt or controlled court system can cover failure of it. The religious concept is incompatible with it. Promise to spend more from the public treasury moves to Dictatorship. abroad. Central to the President’s strategy for achieving these aims is U.S. engagement and leadership in world affairs.

America has done much over the past seven years to build a better world:

Aiding the remarkable transitions to free-market democracy in Eastern
EuropeEurope Once the word came to be peculiarly associated with the transalpine formations of Latin Christianity, it became a cultural term as well as a geographic one. The word “European” merged with the word “Western” and there was a supposed “Western civilization” occupying the Atlantic region, colonizing the two continents and making contact with the Pacific. EU is a “union of states which lies between confederation and federation. Read more.; adapting and enlarging NATONATO NATO was created by 12 countries from Europe and North America on 4 April 1949. NATO’s essential and enduring purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members by political and military means. At present, NATO has 32 member countries. Albania Belgium Bulgaria Canada Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Türkiye United Kingdom United States to strengthen Europe’s security;
stopping ethnic warsWar Whenever Christians wage a war, it is a Just war (City of God). Jesus asked his followers to purchase swords (Luke 22: 35-36). Those who legitimately hold authority also have the right to use arms to repel aggressors against the civil community entrusted to their responsibility (Catechism 2265). Without Jihad there is no Islam. In Mahabharata, Krishna tried to stop the War imposed by Kurus. Lord Rama killed Ravan in the war to restore his wife. Deva and Asura battles are not available in Vedas. in Bosnia and Kosovo; working with Russia to
deactivate thousands of nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union;
ratifying START II and the Chemical Weapons Convention; negotiating the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and strengthening the Conventional
Armed Forces in Europe Treaty; freezing North Korean fissile material
production; facilitating milestone agreements in the Middle East peacePeace εἰρήνη
process; standing up to the threat from Saddam Hussein; helping broker
peace accords from Northern Ireland to Sierra Leone to the Peru-Ecuador
border; fostering unprecedented unity, democracy and progress in the
Western Hemisphere; benefiting our economy by reaching over 270 trade
agreements, including the landmark accord to bring China into the World
Trade Organization; reducing AfricaAfrica Eastern Africa Burundi Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mayotte Mozambique Réunion Rwanda Seychelles Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Middle Africa Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé e Príncipe Northern Africa Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara Southern Africa Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Namibia South Africa Western Africa Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Islands Côte d’Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Saint Helena Senegal Sierra Leone Togo’s debt through the Cologne
Initiative and the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative;
exercising global leadership to help save Mexico from economic disaster
and to reverse the Asian financial crisis.

Our military is — and will continue to be — capable of carrying out
our national strategy by meeting America’s defense commitments around
the world. The report describes the Administration’s efforts to
preserve and enhance the readiness of our armed forces while pursuing
long-term modernization and providing quality of life improvements for
our troops. To better meet readiness challenges, the President
proposed, and Congress passed, a fiscal year 2000 defense budget that
increased military pay and retirement benefits, and significantly
increased funding for readiness and modernization. The President also
proposed a $112 billion increase across fiscal years 2000 to 2005 —
the first long-term sustained increase in defense spending in over a decade.

The report also emphasizes that we must sustain our commitment to
America’s diplomacy. Every dollar we devote to preventing conflicts,
promoting democracy, opening markets, and fighting disease and hunger
brings a sure return in security and long-term savings. Working with
Congress, we were able to provide enhanced funding for international
affairs efforts and UN arrears, but we need to sustain our commitments
in the years ahead.

The report previews the President’s national security agenda for the
coming year, including: forging a lasting peace in the Middle East;
securing the peace in the Balkans and Northern Ireland; helping Russia
strengthen its economy and fight corruption as it heads toward its
first democratic transfer of power; furthering arms control through
discussions with Russia on the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and
deeper reductions in strategic nuclear weapons; implementing China’s
entry into the WTOWTO The World Trade Organization (164 Members) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The WTO operates the global system of trade rules and helps developing economies build their trade capacity. Observer governments> Algeria- Andorra- Azerbaijan- Bahamas- Belarus- Bhutan- Bosnia and Herzegovina- Comoros- Curaçao- Equatorial Guinea- Ethiopia- Holy See- Iran- Iraq- Lebanese Republic- Libya- Sao Tomé and Principe- Serbia- Somalia- South Sudan- Sudan- Syrian Arab Republic- Timor-Leste- Turkmenistan- Uzbekistan- and other global institutions while promoting
freedom and human rights there; easing tensions between IndiaIndia Bharat Varsha (Jambu Dvipa) is the name of this land mass. The people of this land are Sanatan Dharmin and they always defeated invaders. Indra (10000 yrs) was the oldest deified King of this land. Manu's jurisprudence enlitened this land. Vedas have been the civilizational literature of this land. Guiding principles of this land are : सत्यं वद । धर्मं चर । स्वाध्यायान्मा प्रमदः । Read more and
Pakistan; building on hopeful developments between Greece and Turkey
to make progress in the Aegean, particularly on Cyprus; securing new
energy routes from the Caspian Sea that will allow newly independent
states in the Caucasus to prosper; supporting democratic transitions
from Nigeria to Indonesia; helping Colombia defeat the drugDrug Any substance (other than food) that is used to prevent, diagnose, treat, or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition. Drugs can also affect how the brain and the rest of the bodywork and cause changes in mood, awareness, thoughts, feelings, or behavior. Some types of drugs, such as opioids, may be abused or lead to addiction. Apart from management Allopathic drugs never cure any disease. traffickers
who threaten its democracy; fighting weapons proliferation,
terrorism and the nexus between them; restraining North Korea’s and
Iran’s missile programs; maintaining vigilance against Iraq and working
to bring about a change in regime; consolidating reforms to the world’s
financial architecture as the basis for sustained economic growth;
advancing global trade; enacting legislation to promote trade with
Africa and the Caribbean; pressing ahead with debt relief for countries
fighting poverty and embracing good government; reversing global climate change.