Author: James M. Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
January 23, 2012
Foreign Affairs
The president knows that a foreign policy crisis -- especially one his critics have forewarned -- could derail his reelection campaign at any time. So, during the State of the Union address, he will try to give himself some political cover on a few issues in particular: Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
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