Biden signals another reversal from Trump with national security guidance

The White House released an interim national security strategy on Wednesday outlining the Biden administration’s approach to a range of threats, emphasizing “working in common cause with our closest allies and partners,” and moving away from the Trump administration’s “America first” policy.

The guidance, meant to serve as a stopgap while the administration compiles a more concrete national security strategy, digs into cybersecurity and tech issues, emphasizing that in the wake of the SolarWinds hack, cybersecurity in particular will be a “top priority.”

The strategy was released hours after Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave his first major address while in office, during which he announced that he would work to foster U.S. leadership on global cyber and technology issues.

He cited the SolarWinds hack as an example of why it was important to prioritize these