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Barack Obama has always felt comfortable as an internationalist, a world traveler, a man among the masses.

It should surprise none of us that the President’s visit to Mumbai places him within his personal comfort zone.

Note: the image used in this post shows a sand sculpture by Sand Artist Sudarsan Patnaik in Puri, India.

The concepts of globalization and international integration have always intrigued our President. He delivers best when he is situated in the international arena where he moves about seamlessly.

In some ways, the President appears more settled when he is not having to move among his real constituency, the American people, where the likelihood of confrontation is at its highest.

The Mumbai trip, despite its costs (whatever the costs may be) and the huge entourage, places Obama among the “people of the world” where he finds, strangely enough, feverish support, love and esteem.

Speeches about Job Creation

Barack and Michelle will spend four days in India where the President pledge to help create jobs…no kidding…he wants to help India create jobs.

All of us should follow the rhetoric streaming from Obama’s lips and compare the tone and content to what we heard from him in the United States during the recent elections.
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