Obama’s Second-Term National Security To-Do List

Go for a grand bargain in Iran. Contain Syria. And forge better relations with China. P.J. Crowley on the administration’s second-term foreign policy agenda.

Published Nov. 13 2012 4:45AM EST

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The 2012 election in many ways reaffirmed the existing political divide over domestic policy and the role of government, but it also produced a surprising consensus on foreign policy.

P.J. Crowley

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Obama’s Second-Term National Security To-Do List

Go for a grand bargain in Iran. Contain Syria. And forge better relations with China. P.J. Crowley on the administration’s second-term foreign policy agenda.

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P.J. Crowley