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Obama Looks to Foreign Allies, Adversaries
online.wsj.com - 11/6/2008
Obama Looks to Foreign Allies, Adversaries
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Obama's foreign policy will focus on wooing longstanding U.S. adversaries while rebuilding alliances strained during the Bush presidency.

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“Obama Aims to Engage Foreign Allies, Adversaries”
protein wisdom — Joy! Because if anything should be clear to us it is how keenly concerned with our interests, rather than their own, are, say, Belgium or Iran. From the WSJ : President-elect Barack Obama’s foreign policy will focus on wooing longstanding U.S. adversaries while rebuilding alliances in Europe strained during the nearly eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency. Mr. Obama and his advisers are studying ways to engage Iran and Syria, countries that are viewed as central to American hopes for stabilizing Afghanistan and Iraq and forging a broader Middle East peace. President-elect ...

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