hunger and how america can lead a global economic recovery. these are issues liberal interventionism has not done a good job dealing with. the trouble with that, though, is that we actually don t have the money as a result of the choices of the people who would be voting to confirm or not confirm ambassador rice. if you only have the money for the military solution because the pentagon is well funded and your regional commander has much more ability to go out and act on behalf of the u.s. than the ambassador does. so i agree with your critique, but the way to get to the source of the critique is not that susan rice doesn t understand, but it s to follow the money and but should we rethink our priorities as to where the money goes. the cuts to the state department, the balance between defense and state, diplomacy and military, are way off in our
fundamental issue, which is we do need to be less militaristic in our approach to the world, we need to cultivate regional power sources and find a way to work with the world, particularly this country as you know in the next period will be so limited financially. we should lead a global economic recovery. that should be our mission and invest in the world and in our country. i don t think americans want a messinanic nation building what you should know for the newsweek ahead, coming up next. [ female announcer ] for everything your face has to face. face it with puffs facial tissues. puffs has air-fluffed pillows for 40% more cushiony thickness. face every day with puffs softness. but with advair, i m breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help
and in that sense it doesn t surprise me. i have a memory of susan rice in the 90s standing in southern sudan saying there is slavery here, doing so many such a way that guarantied preliminary efforts to reach out to the government of khartoum. i think mccain has gotten a pass. he s a trigger happy hawk. susan rice represents this liberal interventionist wing, which i think is very problematic and has being militarized in ways we saw in libya. i hope that in any confirmation hearing, whether it s susan rice or john kerry, there will be questions raised about a new internationalism. one that is not a neoliberal or liberal interventionism that isn t about bombs, bases, intervention. but about rebuilding america s relationship with the world and dealing with the major problems of our time, like climate crisis, nuclear proliferation,