"Islamic radicalism" is gone from Obama's vocabulary in a significant shift in the National Security Strategy, a document that previously outlined the Bush Doctrine of preventive war. It currently states, "The struggle against militant Islamic radicalism is the great ideological conflict of the early years of the 21st century."
Obama formed the administration's Global Engagement Directorate, a four-person National Security Council team that launched last May with little fanfare and a vague mission to use diplomacy and outreach "in pursuit of a host of national security objectives." Since then, the division has not only helped change the vocabulary of fighting terrorism, but also has shaped the way the country invests in Muslim businesses, studies global warming, supports scientific research and combats polio.
To promote Muslim business representatives from more than 40 countries head to Washington this month for an "entrepreneurship summit."
American efforts pay for the eradication of polio with the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, a multinational body based in Saudi Arabia.
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