And what I describe that as is that I am a non interventionist who hawk. Which sounds a little weird, but what do I mean by that? I mean The central touch point for US foreign policy and for any question of military intervention should be the vital national security interest of the United States. How does this make America safer? How does this protect Americans? If it does, we should be strong. And actually another way of conceiving what I'm saying, I'm speaking theoretically, but Reagan referred to it as peace through strength. (05:36–05:48)
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Asserts that U.S. foreign policy should be guided by national security interests.
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