The Purpose of National Security Policy, Declassified

Steven Aftergood's post today on Secrecy News, The Purpose of National Security Policy, Declassified.

“The primary objective of U.S. foreign and security policy is to protect the integrity of our democratic institutions and promote a peaceful global environment in which they can thrive,” President Reagan wrote in National Security Decision Directive 238 on “Basic National Security Strategy,” which was partially declassified in 2005.