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Obama says he hopes to help 'reboot America's image around the world'

 
He discusses his Cabinet choices and his strategy for his first year in office, and reflects on his role as the first African American elected president. > Barack Obama says his presidency is an opportunity for the United States to spread a message of tolerance, starting the day of his inauguration and continuing with a speech he plans to deliver somewhere in the Muslim world. (link)

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