National Security Strategy of September 2002

The National Security Strategy of September 2002 (NSS 2002) of President George Walker Bush was released by the White House on September 17, 2002. - The NSS is submitted to Congress annually, as required by the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986.

U.S. Code Title 50, Chapter 15, Section 404a: "Annual national security strategy report"


 * (a) Transmittal to Congress


 * (1) The President shall transmit to Congress each year a comprehensive report on the national security strategy of the United States (hereinafter in this section referred to as a national security strategy report).
 * (2) The national security strategy report for any year shall be transmitted on the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for the next fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31.
 * (3) Not later than 150 days after the date on which a new President takes office, the President shall transmit to Congress a national security strategy report under this section. That report shall be in addition to the report for that year transmitted at the time specified in paragraph (2).


 * (b) Contents: Each national security strategy report shall set forth the national security strategy of the United States and shall include a comprehensive description and discussion of the following:


 * (1) The worldwide interests, goals, and objectives of the United States that are vital to the national security of the United States.
 * (2) The foreign policy, worldwide commitments, and national defense capabilities of the United States necessary to deter aggression and to implement the national security strategy of the United States.
 * (3) The proposed short-term and long-term uses of the political, economic, military, and other elements of the national power of the United States to protect or promote the interests and achieve the goals and objectives referred to in paragraph (1).
 * (4) The adequacy of the capabilities of the United States to carry out the national security strategy of the United States, including an evaluation of the balance among the capabilities of all elements of the national power of the United States to support the implementation of the national security strategy.
 * (5) Such other information as may be necessary to help inform Congress on matters relating to the national security strategy of the United States.


 * (c) Classified and unclassified form: Each national security strategy report shall be transmitted in both a classified and an unclassified form

- national security strategy: (Department of Defense) "The art and science of developing, applying, and coordinating the instruments of national power (diplomatic, economic, military, and informational) to achieve objectives that contribute to national security. Also called national strategy or grand strategy."

"The U.S. national security strategy is based on a distinctly American internationalism that reflects the union of our values and our national interests. The aim of this strategy is to help make the world not just safer but better." U.S. Department of State

Document Links


 * NSS 2002 (series of html) (White House), September 2002.
 * NSS 2002 ("printer friendly") (White House), September 2002.
 * NSS 2002 (series of htm) (Department of State), September 2002.
 * NSS 2002 (pdf) and (series of html) (Department of State), September 2002.

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 * National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction/National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (pdf), White House, December 2002.

Other Related SourceWatch Resources

 * Bush doctrine
 * Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996
 * Defense Science Board
 * Homeland defense
 * Homeland security
 * National Defense Panel
 * Pax Americana
 * preemptive war
 * Project for the New American Century
 * Stanley Foundation's Independent Task Force on US Strategies for National Security
 * U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century / Hart-Rudman Commission