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Barack Obama blunders again on the world stage

By Nile Gardiner World Last updated: November 19th, 2012
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Barack Obama: hardly off to a flying start

It is only two weeks since his re-election, and his second term remains two months away, but Barack Obama is already blundering again on the world stage, with the kind of gaffes that would have been plastered on the front page of The New York Times if they had been committed by George W. Bush when he was in the White House. Obama's first term was littered with foreign policy gaffes, and there is every chance the second term will be more of the same.
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Going out in style: How relaxed Hillary is upstaging Obama on last ever presidential tour - or is she gearing up for 2016?

• Mrs Clinton was in Myanmar today for a historic meeting with the country's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
•  The outgoing Secretary of State has refused to be drawn on rumors that she is planning to run for President in 2016, and says she will spend the next year relaxing, exercising and traveling for fun

By Tamara Abraham
PUBLISHED: 12:36 EST, 19 November 2012 | UPDATED: 13:47 EST, 19 November 2012

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Hillary Clinton has said that she will make sleep, exercise and relaxing her priorities over the coming year. But the promise of some down-time seems to have already had a positive effect as she bids farewell to her four-year term as Secretary of State.
Mrs Clinton, 65, looked on fine form in Myanmar today as she joined President Obama in a historic meeting with the country's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Though she looked elegant and polished in a crisp white blazer, navy pants and a statement silver beaded neckpiece, it was the broad smile she wore that really made the difference.

Healthy and happy: Hillary Clinton looked on fine form in Myanmar today as she joined President Obama in a historic meeting with the country's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi