latimes.com - 11/8/2008
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What a candidate promises and what he can deliver are often miles apart, as Obama's predecessors can tell him.
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During a campaign that drew extraordinary attention around the world, Barack Obama offered a sharp break from the Bush administration's interventionist and often unilateral approach to foreign affairs.
latimes.com - 11/8/2008
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latimes.com —
During a campaign that drew extraordinary attention around
the world, Barack Obama offered a sharp break from...
the Bush administration's interventionist and often unilateral approach to foreign affairs. He promised to rebuild strained alliances and ...
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Obama's foreign policy goals will face a reality check - ...
politico.com - 11/8/2008
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politico.com —
Obama foreign policy aides Denis McDonough and Mark
Lippert are handling the transition team's foreign contacts....
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Obama's foreign policy team
newsweek.com - 11/10/2008
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... processes. The new administration will have to quickly evaluate them and decide whether to continue along Bush’s path, make minor modifications or forge ahead in a different direction. Obama will inherit at least three foreign policy structures, built largely by Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, aimed at thwarting Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon, eliminating North Korea’s nuclear arsenal and promoting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. And as The Los Angeles Times’s Richard Boudreaux explains , foreign policy promises on the campaign trail can be especially ...
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