USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

[SOURCES]
Which of these issues remained the biggest foreign policy problem for the Obama administration?

(A) Deportation of undocumented immigrants

(B) Iran’s development of nuclear weapons

(C) ** Increased conflict across the Middle East

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Obama inherited the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and various aspects of the War on Terror, all of which began during the Bush administration. He presided over the gradual draw down of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, culminating in the near-total withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq in December 2011.

Concept note-2: -High unemployment rate, lagging job creation, unfavorable balance of trade (importing more than exporting), unfavorable trade practices by economic competitors, slow economic growth, failure to significantly reduce spending; Stock Market, gas prices, home prices, and overall consumer debt moved steadily upward.

Concept note-3: -With Jake Sullivan, he is the co-chair of National Security Action, a political NGO. He contributes to NBC News and MSNBC regularly as a political commentator. He is also a Crooked Media contributor, and co-host of the foreign policy podcast Pod Save the World. New York City, New York, U.S.