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February 08, 2012
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Anthony H. Cordesman

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Obama and U.S. Strategy: A New Beginning

By Anthony H. Cordesman 05 May 2009 | World Politics Review

No president could restructure U.S. national security strategy in 100 days. It takes months to translate concepts into plans and budgets, and even urgent actions take time to implement. But having inherited one of the worst presidential legacies of the postwar era, President Obama has made an impressive start in changing America's image, and the goals and concepts that shape the operational realities of its national security strategy.