Thursday, November 6, 2008

A Crash Course For The New President -- A Commentary

Reuters

From The Der Spiegel:

Barack Obama had hardly been confirmed as the winner in the US presidential election before the first provocation arrived -- Russia's announcement of new missile deployment plans. It is clear that the new president will have little time to hone his skills as a global politician.

Two weeks before the election, Joe Biden, the man who would become the next American vice president, said something during a speech before Democratic campaign donors in Seattle that would unleash the condensed fury of Obama's campaign strategists. "Mark my words," Biden said, "it will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama the way they did John Kennedy."

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