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Obama Works to Repair America's Image in the World
Smiles and handshakes are a start, but Obama's real challenge will be to show results
By Thomas Omestad
Posted May 5, 2009
The few "Yankee Go Home" signs that greet him abroad seem almost an afterthought, and when he enters a room of world leaders, he is the most sought-after man for a photo op and a handshake. Such is the star power that has swirled around Barack Obama on his initial foreign travels as the U.S. president.
The POTUS is always the 800lb gorilla. This is not something that just happened with Obama.