Countdown in US Foreign Policy

By making two foreign policy decisions within a week after assuming power, two far-reaching decisions yet domestically of low political risk, Obama could single-handedly open up the floodgates of goodwill.  And it could simply take the form of an assertive general statement made after two brief phone calls to Havana and Moscow.  Two short conversations made in candor, and one press release unequivocal in meaning, even if lacking in details. FULL ARTICLE