As pointed out by Afox in today's salon, these statements are sufficiently vague and ambiguous to leave open plenty of avenues, some not really different from the current US policy.

I want to end the politics of fear

Of course, who can disagree?

...bring the country together to go after a common enemy.

Again, sorry if I come along like a party pooper, but this statement is totally consistent with military escalation in Afghanistan, and other places as already advocated by Big O...

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.