National security emerges as Obama strong point

Barack Obama was always vulnerable to charges that he would be weak on national security.

He was a relative political newcomer with no history of military service. He opposed the war in Iraq and pledged to roll back many of the George W. Bush administration's toughest anti-terrorism policies.

At one politically perilous moment just months into Obama's presidency, the young commander in chief appeared at the National Archives to declare a "new direction" in fighting terrorism, only to be scolded as "naive" by former vice president Dick Cheney, the graying architect of aggressive post-9/11 policies.

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Michael Birnbaum 11 Sep, 2011


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