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...Every White House conducts its media briefings differently; these nuances help establish the tone of an Administration, and they are much discussed. Fox News noted that Obama called on two liberals. Ms. magazine mentioned that Obama called on six women. By calling on Stein on such a big stage, Obama is continuing to work the message that this is not a traditional presidency, that he is not averse to working with those outside the establishment. The Huffington Post's readers are likelier to be younger, leftier and more politically engaged than most of the consumers of the old-school media...
Europe was always likely to welcome Barack Obama's message on foreign policy, if only because the new President's conciliatory tone represents a fresh approach by Washington. Speaking at the high-powered Munich Security Conference this weekend, Vice President Joe Biden sent all the right signals on consultation and cooperation with European allies. But beyond sighs of relief at the changing of the guard, the European leaders at Munich still seemed unsure of what they actually want from Washington on a wide range of global security issues...
...tone is all very well, but if Obama does follow through on Biden's promise to "sincerely" listen to Europe, he is likely to hear a cacophony of confusion. For Europe - be it the European Union or the European members of NATO - has no clear consensus on strategic priorities or how they should be pursued. That applies to challenges from Afghanistan and Guantánamo to Iran and Russia. The Obama Administration may want to cast aside the hawkish unilateralism of the Bush era and its divide-and-rule methods that so jarred European sensitivities. But as the new President...
...Hill to meet with the Republican conferences, invited select GOP Senators to meet him with him in the Oval Office, at times one-on-one, and called numerous senators to convince them to come on board. In recent days, though, as the bill languished before the Senate his tone turned sharper. "The American people did not choose more of the same," Obama said at a White House meeting Friday announcing his Economic Recovery Advisory Board. "They did not send us to Washington to get stuck in partisan posturing, or to turn back to the same tried and failed approaches that...
...they happy with our God? Are they happy with our prophet? Are they happy with our leader? Never," Khan said, adopting a wounded tone. "I don't care about the rest of the world. I care about my country. [President Barack] Obama cares about America, not about Pakistan or India or Afghanistan...