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Obama's grand strategies may collide with public expectations

Big successes unlikely to manifest soon

By Scott Helman
Globe Staff / January 18, 2009

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In the opening months of his presidency, Barack Obama is poised to make a host of massive investments - in federal dollars, diplomacy, political capital, and civil liberties - that he hopes will over the long term catalyze the transformational change he promised during his campaign. (Full article: 1056 words)

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