Kerry Says Well-Funded Foreign Policy Crucial to Security
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Secretary of State John Kerry urged Americans to see foreign policy as an integral part of U.S. economic health, offering an extended defense of his agency’s funding as the federal government faces budget cuts.
Kerry, in his first major address as secretary of state, said that an internationally engaged U.S. fills a vacuum that would otherwise be occupied by “those whose interests differ dramatically from our own” and gives U.S. businesses a leg up in global competition.