Thursday’s column included an item on the Obama Administration’s just-issued National Security Strategy. That document, which replaces the March 2006 iteration, identifies economic power as the bedrock of national influence and calls for approaching statecraft from a “whole-of-government” perspective as opposed to over-reliance on the military.
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.
