Clinton Administrations - Foreign Issues
Foreign Issues
Clinton had campaigned in 1992 accusing George Bush of paying too much attention to foreign affairs and not enough to the state of the U.S. economy and other domestic concerns. But Clinton found himself early in his presidency faced with the reality that foreign and domestic affairs, in an age of multinational corporations and a global economy, were inextricably linked. After several highly public and profoundly disturbing incidents—including the murder of 18 American soldiers on a United Nations Peacekeeping mission in Somalia, including one soldier whose corpse was dragged through the streets of Mogadishu while television cameras rolled—Clinton learned the importance of projecting a forceful voice in global politics.
Clinton also understood the importance of coordinating foreign and domestic economic policy, and created the National Economic Council as a counterweight to the National Security Council....
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