1: Countering Threats Close to their Source
Our primary line of defense remains well forward. Forces operating in key regions are essential to the defense of the United
States and to the protection of allies and US interests. Our theater security activities with multinational partners provide
access to information and intelligence critical to anticipating and understanding new threats. This access supports the ability
of the United States to project power against threats and support the establishment of an environment that reduces the conditions
that foster extremist ideologies. Our forces, including those rotationally deployed and those stationed forward, will work
cooperatively with other nations to encourage regional partners to eliminate threats and patrol ungoverned space. More directly,
deployed military units will work closely with international partners and other US government agencies to take the battle
to the enemy – engaging terrorist forces, terrorist collaborators and those governments harboring terrorists.
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