Israel and Hamas Conflict in Brief
Aug 24, 2026 · 9 hr 25 min · 38 segments
This concise report, crafted for the Congressional Research Service, aims to shed light on the Israel-Hamas conflict and U.S. policy responses. It provides an insightful overview of the shocking…
It is manifestly the joint purpose of the congressional leadership and of this administration to justify the summons to governmental responsibility issued last November by the American people.
The grand labors of this leadership will involve application of America's influence in world affairs with such fortitude and such foresight that it will deter aggression and eventually secure peace.
Establishment of a national administration of such integrity and such efficiency that its honor at home will ensure respect abroad.
Encouragement of those incentives that inspire creative initiative in our economy so that its productivity may fortify freedom everywhere, and dedication to the well-being of all our citizens and to the attainment of equality of opportunity for all so that our nation will ever act with the strength of unity in every task to which it is called.
The purpose of this message is to suggest certain lines along which our joint efforts may immediately be directed toward realization of these four ruling purposes.
The time that this administration has been in office has been too brief to permit preparation of a detailed and comprehensive program of recommended action to cover all phases of the responsibilities that devolve upon our country's new leaders.
Such a program will be filled out in the weeks ahead as after appropriate study, I shall submit additional recommendations for your consideration.
Today can provide only a sure and substantial beginning.
Two, our country has come through a painful period of trial and disillusionment since the victory of nineteen forty-five.
We anticipated a world of peace and cooperation.
The calculated pressures of aggressive communism have forced us instead to live in a world of turmoil.
From this costly experience, we have learned one clear lesson.
We have learned that the free world cannot indefinitely remain in a posture of paralyzed tension, leaving forever to the aggressor the choice of time and place and means to cause greatest hurt to us at least cost to himself.
This administration has, therefore, begun the definition of a new positive foreign policy.
This policy will be governed by certain fixed ideas.
They are these.
One, our foreign policy must be clear, consistent, and confident.
This means that it must be the product of genuine, continuous cooperation between the executive and the legislative branches of this government.
It must be developed and directed in the spirit of true bipartisanship.
Two, the policy we embrace must be a coherent global policy.
The freedom we cherish and defend in Europe and in the Americas is no different from the freedom that is imperiled in Asia.
Three, our policy, dedicated to making the free world secure, will envision all peaceful methods and devices, except breaking faith with our friends.
We shall never acquiesce in the enslavement of any people in order to purchase fancied gain for ourselves.
I shall ask the Congress at a later date to join in an appropriate resolution making clear that this government recognizes no kind of commitment contained in secret understandings of the past with foreign governments which permit this kind of enslavement.
Four, the policy we pursue will recognize the truth that no single country, even one so powerful as ours, can alone defend the liberty of all nations threatened by communist aggression from without or subversion within.
It is manifestly the joint purpose of the congressional leadership and of this administration to justify the summons to governmental responsibility issued last November by the American people.
The grand labors of this leadership will involve application of America's influence in world affairs with such fortitude and such foresight that it will deter aggression and eventually secure peace.
Establishment of a national administration of such integrity and such efficiency that its honor at home will ensure respect abroad.
Encouragement of those incentives that inspire creative initiative in our economy so that its productivity may fortify freedom everywhere, and dedication to the well-being of all our citizens and to the attainment of equality of opportunity for all so that our nation will ever act with the strength of unity in every task to which it is called.
The purpose of this message is to suggest certain lines along which our joint efforts may immediately be directed toward realization of these four ruling purposes.
The time that this administration has been in office has been too brief to permit preparation of a detailed and comprehensive program of recommended action to cover all phases of the responsibilities that devolve upon our country's new leaders.
Such a program will be filled out in the weeks ahead as after appropriate study, I shall submit additional recommendations for your consideration.
Today can provide only a sure and substantial beginning.
Two, our country has come through a painful period of trial and disillusionment since the victory of nineteen forty-five.
We anticipated a world of peace and cooperation.
The calculated pressures of aggressive communism have forced us instead to live in a world of turmoil.
From this costly experience, we have learned one clear lesson.
We have learned that the free world cannot indefinitely remain in a posture of paralyzed tension, leaving forever to the aggressor the choice of time and place and means to cause greatest hurt to us at least cost to himself.
This administration has, therefore, begun the definition of a new positive foreign policy.
This policy will be governed by certain fixed ideas.
They are these.
One, our foreign policy must be clear, consistent, and confident.
This means that it must be the product of genuine, continuous cooperation between the executive and the legislative branches of this government.
It must be developed and directed in the spirit of true bipartisanship.
Two, the policy we embrace must be a coherent global policy.
The freedom we cherish and defend in Europe and in the Americas is no different from the freedom that is imperiled in Asia.
Three, our policy, dedicated to making the free world secure, will envision all peaceful methods and devices, except breaking faith with our friends.
We shall never acquiesce in the enslavement of any people in order to purchase fancied gain for ourselves.
I shall ask the Congress at a later date to join in an appropriate resolution making clear that this government recognizes no kind of commitment contained in secret understandings of the past with foreign governments which permit this kind of enslavement.
Four, the policy we pursue will recognize the truth that no single country, even one so powerful as ours, can alone defend the liberty of all nations threatened by communist aggression from without or subversion within.
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