At Start Of Second Term, Obama Faces Gathering Storm Abroad -- FOX News
WASHINGTON – President Obama vowed, during his second inaugural address Monday, to "manage crisis abroad" in pursuit of a more "peaceful world."
But four years after the president first took the oath, the task remains perhaps his most daunting.
Moments before Obama spoke at the west front of the Capitol, confirmation that two more Americans had been killed in the hostage standoff in Algeria undercut the president's optimism. The news ups the tally of U.S. citizens killed to three, while seven others made it out safely.
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Update: Obama: U.S. to maintain global presence -- Navy Times
My Comment: America's financial/debt crisis is what will be dictating it's foreign policy .... more to the point .... America's debt will be limiting America's foreign policy goals and objectives much to the chagrin of our allies and to the joy of our adversaries.
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