PrintMay 2, 2009
Obama and Russia
One hundred days into his first term, President Barack Obama has now held formal televised news conferences in each of this first three months in office (February 9th, March 24th and April 29th). Shockingly, despite famously proclaiming a desire to "reset" relations, not once has he been asked a question about Russia and only once, at the first conference, has he himself chosen to discuss Russia, pleading for its assistance in dealing with the issue of nuclear proliferation in response to a question about Pakistan.It's clear that America's journalists are asleep at the switch. But there's nothing new in that, as we here in the blogosphere know only too well. Assuming they are, nothing is stopping Obama from making a speech standing up for American values and national security, which are under daily assault from neo-Soviet Russia. He already had one opportunity to do so, when he recently met with his Russian counterpart in London, yet he remains...(Read Full Article)
