President Obama's Job Performance

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President Obama’s job performance has been very low. Compared to the many great

Presidents before his term, President Obama has not succeeded as a President. According to

The Blaze, “46.7% approve of the way Obama does his job, but 50.2% disapprove, and 3.2 %

have no opinion.” President Obama's foreign policy focuses on taking the troops out of Iraq and

also trying to rid the conflict between Afghanistan and the United States. The president also

focus on abolishing nuclear threats to America. Even though he has had many failures he has

achieved at least two things during his presidency. Some achievements that came out of

President Obama's foreign policy was Osama Bin Laden's death, and an Al Qaeda leader was

put to death.

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