Saturday, June 2, 2012

On foreign policy, Obama focuses on economic issues, not on Syrian turmoil

One foreign policy crisis this week brought action from President Obama, another only silence.

As Europe’s economy teetered, Obama held a video-conference call with the leaders of Germany, France and Italy and dispatched his top Treasury official to the continent in the hopes of averting a collapse that could carry the American economy down with it. The poor monthly jobs report released Friday underscored the political stakes for Obama in preventing a European collapse, which would drive down demand for U.S. exports.

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