Foreign policy and the US election

13 August 2008

ABC Unleashed

Dennis Phillips writes that there is a real danger lurking for both Obama and the country he so ardently desires to lead: his promise of extensive ‘change' risks raising public expectations to a level he can never meet.

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13 August 2008

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