Obama's Bad Trip
Richard Wolffe is Daily Beast columnist and an award-winning journalist, and senior strategist at Public Strategies. He covered the entire length of Barack Obama's presidential campaign for Newsweek magazine. His book, Renegade: The Making of a President, was published by Crown in June.
He bowed to Japan. He treaded lightly with China. And then Israel thumbed its nose at Obama's calls to freeze settlements. Richard Wolffe on why the president can't wait to come home.
Step Up to the Plate, China
Matthew Yglesias is a Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. He is the author of Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats.
With Obama barely making news in China, Matthew Yglesias says the real problem is that the country is barely throwing its weight around. Plus, our gallery of the president's trip.
College Republicans Mock Obama Bow
It's not exactly Kubrick-quality filmmaking but the College Republicans of the University of Connecticut get their point across in this viral video: not every leader has bowed to Japanese Emperor A...
Obama's Diplomatic Journey
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After the president called for a stronger relationship with China, he meets President Hu Jintao today to discuss the country's financing of U.S. debt. VIEW OUR GALLERY of his Asia trip.
President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall in Badaling, China, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
The president departs for the Far East today. From China's economic might to Japan's atomic legacy to Myanmar's human rights record, the toughest issues he will confront along the way. Plus, Alex Massie on why Obama skipped the Berlin Wall anniversary.
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