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Will Obama's Foreign Policy Successes Help Him?
President Obama's announcement that the last US soldiers would leave Iraq by the end of this year capped a momentous week in which he could also take credit for...
By Terrence McNally • • 51m ListenPresident Barack Obama's announcement that the last American soldiers would leave Iraq by the end of this year capped a momentous week in which he could also take credit for helping dispatch Colonel Moammar Gadhafi. On this rebroadcast of today's To the Point, guest host Terrence McNally
Banner image: President Barack Obama talks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq during a secure video teleconference in the Situation Room of the White House, Oct. 21, 2011. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
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