What Will President Obama's Foreign Policy Legacy Be?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
During his final year in office, President Obama will spend much of his time traveling—to Europe, Asia and South America. Tomorrow night, he'll emphasize foreign policy in his final State of the Union address and we get a preview.
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| 0:48.2 | President Obama's final state of the union address tomorrow night is expected to be heavy on foreign affairs. |
| 0:53.4 | Likely highlights, the Iran nuclear |
| 0:55.3 | deal, the climate change summit, the free trade pact in Asia, and renewed relations with Cuba. |
| 1:00.5 | But all those are still works in progress, and critics call Mr. Obama an uncertain leader, |
| 1:05.4 | whose let America's allies get weaker while enemies have grown stronger. We'll review seven |
| 1:10.0 | years of victories, compromises, |
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