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fen.lnthony Zinnl U.5. Marine Corps (ret), left, speak at Saint Anselm College Friday w1h WMURTTom Griffith about Amefican foreign policy.at the U.5. Global Leadership Coaf iiion's and New Hampshirelnstitute of Politics'nationalf<urityiown hallforum. srMoNRro,

to that part of the worl{ enswethe free flow of energy, ensurethe freedom of navigation, be-cause ttre major trade routes gothrough those choke pointsl'

But political turmoil wasn'tZinni's only concern.

"There are environmentalproblems out therei the gener-al said. "Those that would denythat the environment is chang-ing need only to go outside andtake a loolC' ,

The Arctic icecap is disap-pearing but that raises thequestion of who will exploit thenewly navigable routes. Zfulr;risaid.

"I .could tell you there areparts of theworld thatlvisitthatare becoming deserts, ttratwereformerly agriculturally lush andprovided for peoplel'

After Zinni's remarks\/\fN{UR's Tom Grffit}r openedthe stage for ttre presidentialsurrogates to field questions.

Former Minnesota Sen.Norm Coleman spoke on be-half of Mitt Romneyi "l thinkwhat Govemor Romney bringsto the table ... i.s ttirsZ4years inthe private sector, his under-standing ofwhat it takes to growjobsl'

Bud McFarlane, a nationalsecurity adviser to PresidentRaegan in the mid-1980s, camein the name of Newt Gingrich.

"(Newt) believes strongly thatwe have to have an integratedapproach for how we engageforergn counffiesj' McFarlanesaid. 'IDefense, development,diplomacy: these are the threepillars ofwhat will be a Gingrichnationi'

Ron Paul was represented byUNFI professor Iim Forsythe,wtro said Paul "doesn't believein using the military for ttrings

other than d.efensel'In response to a question

about what a President Paulwould do in the case that Iranattacked Israel, Forsythe saidhe didn't believe Paul wouldeither send ffoops or unleash anuclearwar.

On the part of RickPerrywasPaul Bonicelli, who workedWth the U.S. Agency for lrter-national Development.

"l think Gov. Perrv wouldbe very clear we're trlring toachieve free, stable, prosperous,self-reliant, independent coun-triesi' Bonicelli said.

Randy Shriver of the globalconsulting firm Armitage Inter-national spoke of the nuancedapproach of his candidate,Ion Hu$tsman. Shriver saidHuntsmdn, who sen/ed as am-bassador to both China andSingaporer would welcome dis-sidents from various countries,arguing that 'we can still be thatshining city on the hillj'

"When you sewe as ambas-sador ... you're called Chief ofMission. And you're called thatbecauie everyonewho senres atthe embassy... they all reporttothe ambassadorl'

Lastwas Rick Santorum, rep-resented by his New Hampshireco-chairrnan Bill Cahilh i

"He's a greatfamilyman. He'sgot a bunch of great kids. Heloves his family. It's a big focusin his life. And when he talksabout the polver of the family,the core family ... f think it setshim apart:

The event was put on by the' [LS. Global Leadership Councrl,a bipartisan group supportedby400 businesses and humani-tarian organizations, includ-ing BAE Systems, Bread for theWorld andwalmart.

Retired Marine gen€ral callsfor broad foreign policy vision+.Town hall: St. Anselm

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G0FFST0WN - Gen. AnthonyZirrrri,IJ.S. Marine Corps (ret.),now chairman of the board ofBAE Systems, spoke of a newvision for American foreignpolicy Friday in an event at St.Anselm College, followed bya panel with surrogates for sixpresidential candidates.

Zinni said the 20th centuqrwas defined by three events *the two world wars and the ColdWar. Now times have changed,tempered by the revolutionslcnown as the Arab Spring andthe advent of social m-eaia

"Facebook is the third largestnation in the worldi' he said.

Zinm argued that the pr€-dominance ofthe militaryas anextension of forergn policy hasto be balanced by the presenceof other deparlrnents of govern-ment - for example, the Departrnent ofAgriculture to assistallied countries.

"When I commanded ttreIJ.S. Cenfral Command mymissions were to ensure access