Barack Obama speaks before National Security Meeting

Sen. Barack Obama spoke to the press today before meeting with his National Security team in Washington, DC.



Here is some of what he said.

We continue to face grave threats, not only from terrorism, but also nuclear proliferation, climate change and poverty, genocide and disease. Nearly all of these threats have grown over the last eight years because of the policies of George Bush, which I believe have left us less safe and less respected in the world.

Instead of adhering to a rigid ideology, I want to get back to the pragmatic tradition of American foreign policy which has been so ably advanced by the people in this room, a policy that's focused on using all elements of American power to protect our people and to advance our interests.