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Limited AchievementsWhite House Tight Rope

Limited Achievements: White House Tight Rope [Like most of his predecessors—except perhaps George Bush Senior, who directed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the American liaison office in Beijing—Barack Obama had little time to familiarize himselfwith international issues before he assumed the presidency. This is hardly surprising. In the United States, as in most democratic countries, political careers are first and foremost built from the ground up. Following stints as a community organizer and attorney in Chicago, Obama entered politics through the narrowest of doors: local politics. In 1997, he was elected to the Illinois Senate. In 2000, he had a failed run for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the US Congress. Nonetheless, through exceptional circumstances and remarkable willpower, he managed to get elected senator from Illinois in November 2004. A few months earlier, he had gained national visibility for the first time when he addressed the 2004 Democratic Convention.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
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978-1-349-43757-3
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15 –37
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10.1057/9781137020871_2
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[Like most of his predecessors—except perhaps George Bush Senior, who directed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the American liaison office in Beijing—Barack Obama had little time to familiarize himselfwith international issues before he assumed the presidency. This is hardly surprising. In the United States, as in most democratic countries, political careers are first and foremost built from the ground up. Following stints as a community organizer and attorney in Chicago, Obama entered politics through the narrowest of doors: local politics. In 1997, he was elected to the Illinois Senate. In 2000, he had a failed run for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the US Congress. Nonetheless, through exceptional circumstances and remarkable willpower, he managed to get elected senator from Illinois in November 2004. A few months earlier, he had gained national visibility for the first time when he addressed the 2004 Democratic Convention.]

Published: Nov 9, 2015

Keywords: Foreign Policy; Homeland Security; Bush Administration; Central Intelligence Agency; Global Public Good

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