The Office advises and assists the President in carrying out his policies of support for democracy, free market-based economic prosperity and security in CEE. Among the issues on which the Office provides advise and assistance to the President are: the enlargement of NATO and related aspects of European security; CEE integration with other key Euroatlantic institutions; promotion of intra-CEE cooperation and friendship, for example, between Romania and Hungary; support for U.S. trade and investment with CEE; the development of military relations between the U.S. and CEE democracies; U.S. economic assistance priorities with CEE; and support for the strengthening of democratic institutions and practices within the region.