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Did Obama give Wen Jiabao another wow bow?

12 hours ago ago from Select Your Vote

Body language can often say much more than spoken words. Especially in global diplomacy where form is so important and so closely studied. Remember the first and last time President Obama was in Asia and all the kerfuffle over his bad form simultaneous bowing and handshaking with Japan s Emperor Akihito ? (Photos and video here) . And the not quite so low bow he later gave in China? Or Michelle Obama s patronizing pat to the back of that ...

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Inaugural Address – January 20, 2009; 44th President of the United States Barack Obama

2 hours ago ago from Barack Obama | Obama Politics | President Barack Obama

Product Description On January 20th 2009, Senator Barack Obama becomes President Obama; the first African-American President of the United States of America. His subsequent meteoric ascent to this nation's highest office has captured the hopes of Americans from all walks of life. The World looks on as President Obama gives his landmark inaugural address spreading the message of change.This book contains President Barack Obama's Inaugural ...

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many precedents for obama's statement

21 hours ago ago from marbury

This is from a piece that did the rounds a few weeks ago : The Obama White House is addicted to the “unprecedented.” Perhaps it was a sign when President Barack Obama sat down in January to record his first weekly address and announced: “We begin this year and this administration in the midst of an unprecedented crisis that calls for unprecedented action." What has followed is declaration after declaration of ...

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My Pick for Winner in 2012: President Barack Obama

4 hours ago ago from The 2012 Presidential Election — Will Barack Obama win the 2012 Presidential Election?

by Laura Bramble on December 20, 2009 1 comment in 2012 election , Barack Obama , Independent , Republican Party , Sarah Palin , republicans Barack Obama ran and won on a platform of change: both a change from how things have been done during the previous eight years, as well as some fundamental changes in the way things have been done in the past. Pretty tall order, but the American people saw the need for true change and voted ...

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Teaching Iran to Play by the Rules

21 hours ago ago from Gates of Vienna

The news about Iran’s new seizure of Iraqi oil wells was discouraging; another sign of the deterioration of Iran, the seeming helplessness of Iraq in the face of such mockery. Because that’s what it was: mockery of Iraq, of the US forces there -- not to mention mockery of the idea of sovereignty, etc. How much more bad news can anyone read? But then… … I ran across a brilliant plan , written by an obviously smart blogger who has looked at ...

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Obama’s Foreign Engagement Scorecard

16 hours ago ago from The New York Times

If there is a one-word handle that fits the conduct of foreign relations in Barack Obama s first year as president, it is The Obama administration has engaged with Iran , Russia , Burma, Sudan , North Korea. sounds harmless something any sensible administration would do (though the Bush administration apparently did far less of it). But what, in fact, does President Obama have to show for itself? And how do you keep score? He ...

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