Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis wrote in an op-ed this week that he hopes President-elect Joe Biden will remove “America first” from the country’s national security agenda.
“In January, when President Joe Biden and his national security team begin to reevaluate U.S. foreign policy, we hope they will quickly revise the national security strategy to eliminate ‘America first’ from its contents, restoring in its place the commitment to cooperative security that has served the United States so well for decades,” Mattis wrote Sunday in a Foreign Affairs op-ed, along with several foreign policy experts. “The best strategy for ensuring safety and prosperity is to buttress American military strength with enhanced civilian tools and a restored network of solid alliances — both necessary to achieving defense in depth.”
