Lost in the cacophony of the economic crisis is the issue on which the candidate Barack Obama promised to effect some of the most change: foreign policy.And yet, as Obama’s presidential term has buzzed with bailouts, stimulus, the budget and now healthcare reform, his administration has been steadily pressing forward with its plans to “reboot” relationships and distance itself from goals and tactics of the Bush years.
"Look at general things that have been done," Robert Hunter, NATO ambassador under President Clinton and now a senior adviser at RAND Corp., told The Hill. "A lot of things have been cleaned up from the past in terms of America's reputation," including the decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility for terror suspects and choosing to send the vice president to last month's Munich Security Conference, he said.
"Look at general things that have been done," Robert Hunter, NATO ambassador under President Clinton and now a senior adviser at RAND Corp., told The Hill. "A lot of things have been cleaned up from the past in terms of America's reputation," including the decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility for terror suspects and choosing to send the vice president to last month's Munich Security Conference, he said.
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