Counterterrorism Strategy Released

The White House released its national counterterrorism strategy this morning, a document that "formalizes the approach that President Obama and his administration have been pursuing and adapting for the past two and half years to prevent terrorist attacks and to deliver devastating blows against al Qaeda, including the successful mission to kill Osama bin Laden," according to an administration fact sheet. Further:

Rather than defining our entire national security policy, this counterterrorism strategy is one part of President Obama's larger National Security Strategy, which seeks to advance our enduring national security interests, including our security, prosperity, respect for universal values and global cooperation to meet global challenges.

This Strategy builds upon the progress we have made in the decade since 9/11, in partnership with Congress, to build our counterterrorism and homeland security capacity as a nation.  It neither represents a wholesale overhaul -- nor a wholesale retention -- of previous policies and strategies.