Obama a 'dithering, controlling, risk-averse' US president

March 05, 2013 11:15

Barack Obama is a "dithering" president whose controlling tendencies and extreme risk-averse attitude to foreign policy has damaged US interests in the Middle East, according to a new book by a senior former State Department adviser. Read

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