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Obama on Libya: The dawn of a foreign policy doctrine?

Libya may have been less a precedent than a case study in the president's blend of pragmatism and idealism.
Obama's National Security Strategy: Is 'I'm not Bush' ending?

As the Obama administration seeks to differentiate itself from its predecessor, it may risk playing down the role of 'hard power' too much. The National Security Strategy will be unveiled Thursday.
Obama faces major foreign-policy tests as the world watches

Foreign leaders will look for American leadership and effectiveness at a full schedule of events this week. On Tuesday, Obama will attend UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's meeting on global warming.
In speech, Clinton reasserts herself in US foreign policy

Her address came Wednesday after some political observers were saying that she was almost absent from the foreign–policy scene in recent weeks.
Obama proclaims an end to Bush's regime-change doctrine

His Cairo speech asserted that a country should not impose its system of government upon another.
In Iraq, an assertion of US 'hard' power

Final chapter on war yet to be written; known costs include sagging world standing for US, rise of Iran in the region.
An intense US focus on checking terrorism

Terrorists have not succeeded in striking on US soil since 9/11. But some say the US focus was too much on a military response, regime change, and a 'with us or against us' mentality.
America as superpower: shaken, not deposed

Some see demise, but others cite enduring signs of US power.
Last innings for Yankee Stadium

'The House That Ruth Built,' closing at the end of the season, hosts the All-Star Game on Tuesday.
Going ‘green’ has Willets Point seeing red

Long-neglected area of New York City slated to become ecofriendly development; locals feel ignored.