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Obama part II: Can the US President cash in on his victory? (part 2)

François Picard and his panel comment on Barack Obama's second inauguration as it happens, with a look at the US President's objectives and challenges for the next four years.

  • Dan Hazelwood, Republican GOP Strategist, Founder,Targeted Creative Communications
  • Leah PISAR, Former communications advisor to President Bill Clinton
  • China MOSES, Jazz Singer
  • Christian MALARD, Senior Foreign Analyst, France 3
  • Christopher DICKEY, Paris Bureau Chief, Newsweek Magazine, Columnist, The Daily Beast
  • Laurie DUNDON, Former State Department Official, Senior Fellow, Partnership for a Secure America
  • Gerald OLIVIER, Columnist, Atlantico.fr
  • James CREEDON, France24 Media Editor
  • Scott HOLCOMB, Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives
  • Bruce STOKES, Director of Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center

    Watch part three

    Programme prepared and produced by Christopher Davis, Anelise Borges and Mary Colombel

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