"The president’s 2015 National Security Strategy highlights a conflict between perception and reality,” Inhofe said in the statement on Friday.
Inhofe argued President Obama puts too much emphasis on climate change “as a means to address national security, which is nothing new and not a strategy.”
The Oklahoma Senator criticized Obama’s pivot to rebalance Asia and unilaterally disarm America, while watching Iran and North Korea develop their nuclear capabilities.
“We cannot advance the security of the United States by simply maintaining our military in its current state,” Inhofe said. “Military readiness is at the lowest levels seen since Vietnam and its size has been reduced to the levels of pre-WWII. “
The 2015 US National Security Strategy was unveiled on Friday morning. It allows Washington to use military force, unilaterally if necessary, when US citizens are threatened and when the security of US allies is endangered. The strategy also ensured that the United States will train and equip local partners in order to strengthen their efforts to fight against terrorism.
The strategy stresses that the United States will continue to impose significant costs on Russia through sanctions and other means, at the same time supporting Georgian, Moldovan, and Ukrainian efforts to improve their collaboration with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The previous National Security Strategy was issued in 2010 which advocated for building more effective partnerships with Russia, as well as India and China, in nuclear non-proliferation and in combating climate change, among other priorities.
