アメリカのNational Security Language Initiative

国家安全の観点から国民と軍人に外国語を習得させようとするブッシュ大統領によるNational Security Language Initiative。習得目標の言語はアラビア語，中国語，ロシア語，ペルシャ語，ヒンディー語とウルドゥー語。

The new program will benefit U.S. national security interests by training citizens and military members to understand and communicate with peoples who may have a wrong and limited view of America's ideals and culture, Bush said.
"When Americans learn to speak Arabic, those in the Arab region will say, 'Gosh, America's interested in us. They care enough to learn how we speak,'" he said.

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