"Presidents in their second terms have latitude for fresh foreign policy initiatives – so it seems. Revalidated at the ballot box and freed from the compulsion to view all through the optic of the next election, Barack Obama can focus on those vexing international problems that bedevil the United States – and which hold the promise of a respected legacy." Michael Brenner
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