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Foreign Policy Challenges Await Next President
Barack Obama talks with U.S. Army General David Petraeus during a helicopter ride over Baghdad in July. When Obama takes the oath of office January 20, 2009, a more multilateral approach to foreign policy challenges may be in the works, political analyst Stephen Flanagan says.
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Barack Obama’s Plans as 44th U.S. President
Barack Obama, the next president of the United States, has said he will withdraw troops from Iraq, cut taxes for 95 percent of working families and improve America’s relationships with its allies. What would you like to say to Obama? Post your comments on our blog.
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Rice Tells Mideast Leaders Peace Talks Vibrant, Vital
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice laughs as she walks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are vibrant and vital, she says. Rice is traveling to Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Jordan and Egypt November 5-9.
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