Foreign policy has once again returned to the headlines as President Obama continues his decision-making process on Afghanistan and Secretary of State Clinton recently completed a tour of the Middle East. I’d like to call your attention to an interesting report in today’s Washington Post that compares and contrasts the promise and performance of the Obama Administration in the area of foreign policy. I like how it focuses on the issues and gives the reader a good idea of how Obama’s extraordinary personal popularity has translated (or failed to translate) into foreign policy wins/losses for the U.S. as well as the personal decision making style and values that Obama brings to the process. The report notes that Obama’s approach has taken some getting used to for U.S. citizens as well as our allies.
