President Obama on Wednesday argued for a new breed of American foreign policy that prizes diplomacy and multilateralism over the overreaching use of military force.
{mosads}The speech at the West Point military academy, among the most comprehensive foreign policy addresses of the president’s time in office, comes amid criticism that his reluctance to order military interventions has weakened the influence of the United States around the globe.
Obama address to West Point cadets
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