"I will make it very clear that the relationship we have around the world is one where America will be strong, that America's strength and commitment to our friends and allies will be unshakable and unwavering," Mr. Romney concluded.
She does not mean that we ought to forsake our commitments to our family, friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens.
Rather, through the friendship, and through changes in your friend over time, you may come to change your evaluative outlook, thereby in effect subordinating your commitment to certain values to your commitment to your friend.
State your commitment to your friend.
As we did in the Gulf War, we will not tolerate aggression across borders, and we will keep our commitments to friends and partners.
Yet most of us place enormous value on our commitments to family members, friends, neighbors and fellow citizens, whatever their age.
"We are reducing our nuclear weapons stockpile to the lowest level consistent with America's national security and our commitments to friends and allies," said the White House press secretary, Dana Perino.
"And he has seen that these U.S. commitments to protect friends and allies can be long-standing commitments, as evidenced by our continued presence in South Korea and Japan and Germany".
The U.S., the U.K. and others, he said, must fulfill their crucial commitments to "the close friends that our nations have in the Middle East".
He said that the MOU serves as a concrete reminder that the U.S. stands by its long-term security commitments to its friends, and is ready to help them with their needs.
