The necessity to regain U.S. economic strength is a pressing issue of national security, but actions taken to regain our strength cannot occur in a vacuum. Rather, economic recovery is one of three important elements of a larger strategic problem. Individually, each of the three elements is an enormous intellectual, political and organizational challenge, but they are a related set, making the problem a colossus.
The first element involves winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while continuing the larger, global war against al Qaeda and its associates in ways that achieve U.S. strategic objectives, increase stability and create a better peace. The second concerns American …

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