These threats, however, cannot be addressed in isolation. Smart power requires reaching out to both friends and adversaries to bolster old alliances and to forge new ones.
Hillary Clinton: “These threats, however, cannot be addressed in isolation. Smart power requires reaching out to both friends and…”
On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
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Highlighting the importance of alliances in addressing global threats.
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