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This 7 page paper look at the foreign policy priorities that are likely to, or have already manifest, in the Obama administration, including policies towards the Iraq Afghanistan, Israel and Palestine and the Middle East in general. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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change in US foreign policy priorities. The significant changes started early and were indicated by some of the first telephone calls; reportedly on the first day in office the issues
in the Middle East were taking priority, with calls between President Obama and Palestinian President; Mahmoud Abbas, The Egyptian President; Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and King Abdullah
of Jordan (Spillius, 2009). It is reported that the first call he made as President was to Mahmoud Abbas and that this is indicative of a priority to resolve the
Israeli Palestine conflict (Spillius, 2009). Other actions in the first full day as president and foreign policy issues concerned the gaining of information regarding the Iraq and Afghanistan conflict, including
calling in the joint chiefs of staff; Robert Gates, the defense secretary, General David Petraeus, the head is Central Command, overseeing the actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, and other military
advisers (Spilius, 2009). This starts to indicate the priorities. However, it does not indicate what the policies are. It was stated in
a number over pre-election pledges that Barack Obama wanted to end the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and that on the first day in office he would instruct military commanders
to this effect. Obama stated that the war in Iraq should never have been started (Obama, 2007). However, this does not mean that the United States is not in a
position to have a responsibility in terms of leadership. Instead, Obama is arguing that policies should be principles based, and that the United States should lead by example. This is
good rhetoric, but how does this equates into a firm foreign policy priority? There does not appear to be a single clear defined
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