Which raises another question - the seeming paucity of foreign policy vision both in the Administration and among the leading Democratic candidates.

Their foreign policy vision, in essence, amounts to "we know best."

Democratic Congressional leaders say they are moving in the direction of an alternative foreign policy vision.

"You know where his policy vision and his heart is," Mr. Sperling said.

"And he knows you know where his policy vision and his heart is."

Mr. Shadegg, a conservative emphasizing a policy vision rather than leadership style, has made reducing the size of government a hallmark of his candidacy.

In the wake of John Kerry's defeat, Democrats have been searching for a new foreign policy vision.

The report that we are debating tonight is in most aspects in line with this policy vision and I want to thank the rapporteur for her efforts.

President Clinton's national security adviser today presented the first outline of the Administration's foreign policy vision.

But now that the Republicans need to posit a coherent, intellectually serious alternative foreign policy vision, they have none.