As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said recently in Paris: “I use the word ‘power’ broadly, because even more important than military and indeed economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.” Bush not only chose to visit Brussels, the capital of the European Union, on his February trip to Europe, but stated that what “we seek to achieve in the world requires that America and Europe remain close partners.”
布什连任之初的执政基调有所不同。正如国务卿赖斯最近在巴黎表示的：“我所说的‘权力’是广义的，因为往往比武力和经济实力更为重要的，是理念、同情和希望的力量。”布什不仅选择在其二月份的欧洲之行中访问欧盟总部布鲁塞尔，他还声称“要达成我们在世界上所寻求的目标需要美国和欧洲保持紧密的伙伴关系”。就连拉姆斯菲尔德也努力表现出温和的一面！