Pursuing Ambitious Global Goals, but With a More Modest Strategy - nytimes

WASHINGTON — Not quite nine months into his presidency, Barack Obama Barwoke to the news that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize — not for anything yet accomplished, but for the promise that he would end the Iraq war, win the “war of necessity” in Afghanistan, move toward the elimination of nuclear weapons, tackle climate change and engage America’s adversaries. - Obama's Foreign Policy Goals Appear More Modest
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