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| Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Could Burden Joe Biden if He Runs in 2016
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 17-October-2015
7:35:24 AM |
| When President Barack Obama announced this week that the United States would leave more troops than planned in Afghanistan, his Vice President, Joe Biden, stood right at his side.
And for Biden, still mulling a presidential bid, that could pose a problem.
As he calculates all the angles that would influence his candidacy a decision is reportedly coming within days Biden has more than the looming obstacle of front-runner Hillary Clinton to consider. As a candidate, he would become the chief defender of a foreign policy that critics say has been incoherent and that gets increasingly low marks in public opinion polls.
Beyond Afghanistan, the White House is under fire for its response to Russian action in Syria, where Vladimir Putin has assumed the superpower role there that the United States has declined to take, for the enduring threat posed by Islamic State, and for the Iran nuclear deal that has spiked tensions with ally Israel.
Biden, who prides himself on being a full partner on Obama's national security team, would own all of it. "Foreign policy is a liability for Biden," Democratic strategist Douglas Schoen said.
The Afghanistan shift was a personal setback for Biden, the most influential voice in the administration pushing for hard timelines for the removal of US troops from the country. Clinton, by contrast, favored a more robust military presence there during her tenure as secretary of state during Obama's first term.
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