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Christiane Amanpourâ????CNNâ????s former chief international correspondent and future host of ABCâ????s â????This Weekâ????â????said that her â????first act of courageâ???? as the 2010 Class Day speaker would be to remove her suit jacket in this afternoonâ????s â????incredibly hotâ???? weather, a reported 88 degrees...
...praise the presidentâ????s approach to China, applauding his decision to meet with the Dalai Lama like all presidents before him, as we believe attention ought to be paid to Chinaâ????s human rights abuses and unconscionable occupation of Tibet. We were also thrilled at his successful attempt to reach a pact with the Chinese on climate change, although we noted that the speeches offered by Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao were little more than words until they yield actions. On the subject of China, we were also pleased by Googleâ????s decision...
Still, courting the Chinese is important, we feel, for Chinaâ????s cooperation is crucial in establishing a united global front against Iranian nuclear intransigence. Russia is another such crucial ally, hence our praise for Obamaâ????s decision to scale back the U.S. missile defense program in Poland as a sign of goodwill toward the Russians. This choice was particularly sensible given the expensiveness and relative uselessness of such missile-defense programs. Obamaâ????s efforts to please Russia ostensibly paid off when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev verbally backed the concept of sanctions against Iran...
...Obamaâ????s approach to Israel also pleases us. We reiterated our hope for a peace agreement regarding the conflict over Gaza but established that any compromise must not come at the expense of human rights. Finally, we determined that it was best for the U.S. to end its rubber-stamp approval of all of Israelâ????s policies and for the two nations to scale down their alliance...
...countries struggled to cope with the changing circumstances ushered in this year, their responses leave us largely concerned. However, Obamaâ????s leadership gives us hope that the U.S.â????s presence on the international stage will continue to be a positive one in the year to come...