Laying The Groundwork For The Obama Administration

President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speak to reporters at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas, early Saturday. J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Bush Team Lays Ground For Obama Foreign Policy
-- Washington Times

Sen. Barack Obama's rise to the presidency has freed the Bush administration to advance reconciliatory policies toward hostile foreign regimes in ways that would have been more difficult had Sen. John McCain won, diplomats and analysts said Wednesday.

Some of those policies, such as negotiating with North Korea and making overtures to Iran, represent a dramatic shift for President Bush and have been criticized repeatedly by many Republicans, including former administration officials.

Mr. Obama, however, praised those changes during the campaign, saying that the administration finally had gotten it right.

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My Comment: Quite a contrast when the Bush team took over from the Clinton administration in 2001.