By Robert Burns - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Oct 17, 2008 6:24:49 EDT
WASHINGTON — The United States and its allies must find new approaches — and create new institutions — to deal with the long-term threats posed by violent extremism, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.
In a speech at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Gates said the security of the American people will depend increasingly on an ability to head off the next insurgency or stop the collapse of another failing state. He focused specifically on Afghanistan, but nuclear-armed Pakistan also is at or near the top of the Bush administration’s list of countries in danger of falling victim to internal chaos.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/ap_gates_101508/
Transcript at http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1298
