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I am pleased to hear of the European Union's commitment to building a force of 60,000 rapid-reaction troops in the near future to respond to crises.
Every significant global institution- the UN, NATO, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fun, and the global trading regime- was made in America.
Henry Kissinger said it best: The "test of history for the United States will be whether we can turn our current predominant power into international consensus and our own principles into widely accepted international norms."