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You are here: Home / Press Room / Council in the News / John Isaacs Quoted in Los Angeles Times on Foreign Policy under a Second-Term Obama Agenda

November 13, 2012

John Isaacs Quoted in Los Angeles Times on Foreign Policy under a Second-Term Obama Agenda

Read the original in Los Angeles Times.

This year's election will likely usher in major changes in Congress on foreign policy and national security, regardless of which party ends up on top once all the ballots are counted and the winners declared.

The Obama administration has begun to reassess its foreign policy on a range of challenges, including Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and missile defense, that were viewed as too politically sensitive for any substantial shifts during the presidential campaign.

For months, these issues had what some U.S. officials called "AE" status, meaning any policy changes would be put off until after the election.

But with Obama winning a second term last week, top administration officials say they are weighing whether to deepen U.S. involvement in Syria's civil war, accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan, and offer Iran a compromise deal to curb enrichment of uranium…

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