Richardson: U.S. must lead by example
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Thursday the United States must lead the way on global struggles by reducing its nuclear weapons, closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and dramatically cutting energy use.
In the first foreign policy address of his nascent candidacy, Richardson indicated he would reverse many Bush administration policies if he is elected to the White House in 2008. The New Mexico governor called his proposals “new realism.”
“This administration’s lack of realism has led us to a dangerous place,” Richardson said during a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “So America needs to take a different path — a path based on reality, not unilateralist illusions.”
