Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei:
I te tīmatanga o te tau 2009, i tīmata ngā kaitohutohu ki te whakaaro i te putanga mai o tētahi kaupapa motuhake a Obama i roto i te mahi. He tono ki te kati i te whare herehere o Amerika i Guantanamo Bay, te whakakahoretanga o te kupu "War Global on Terror", me te houhanga rongo ki a Russia na roto i te whakarere i te kaupapa anti-ballistic missile i Poland me te Czech Republic, i tangohia hei tohu marama mo te hurihanga o nga kaupapa o te tari Bush. Ko nga kaitautoko, penei i a Pat Buchanan, i tere te tawai i enei kaupapa here me te whakahe i a raatau mo te ngoikore i nga hononga o waho o te United States. I roto i tētahi tuhinga, i tohe a Buchanan kei te "whakahā atu a Obama i te mana nui ki ngā kāwanatanga me ngā iwi kāore e tika ana".