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Obama, one year on...

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A year has flown by – packed with action, visits, speeches and now a year to the day he was elected, a political set back for Barack Obama. Was the expectation just too big for this first year of Obama’s Administration to be called a success?

 

Despite the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded some say it’s been a year of underachievement.
Mark Owen hosts the talk which will also tackle Obama’s use of the Internet, with expert insight from France 24’s Leela Jacinto.

Guests:

Robert SKIPPON, of the Institute of Political Science, Sciences Po in the studio in Paris.
By Satellite from Washington, David FRUM, former speechwriter for George W. Bush, and political writer.
By phone from Amsterdam, Igor BEUKER, analyst of www.LaComunidad.nl.
By Satellite from New York, Hank SHEINKOPF, Political Consultant, founder of Sheinkopf Ltd.

Let's take a look back at 12 months of Obama's Administration.
 
Programme prepared by Bilal Tarabey and Perrine Desplats
 

 


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