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Barack Obama had an upbeat message this week as he was sworn in for a second term as US president. Tens of thousands were there in Washington DC to hear it. Next, the anniversary of Roe vs Wade stirs up strong emotions in the United States. Finally, Kathryn Bigelow's account of the capture of Bin Laden gets backs up in Hollywood and Washington alike.
US President Barack Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan on Monday. There, he met troops, signed a deal with the government and marked the first anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. During a televised address from Bagram Air Force Base, he outlined his strategy to wind down the increasingly unpopular war. But he's already facing criticism for using the trip - and bin Laden's death - as a political ploy and stepping stone for his re-election bid.
Marc Perelman speaks to Graham Allison. He is the author of an inside account of how Barack Obama took the decision to send US Special Forces into Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden, exactly one year ago. The piece was published in Time Magazine, and is drawn from hundreds of hours of interviews with top officials.
A year on from the death of Osama Bin Laden - has Obama gone too far in trying to gain political benefit from it? And does al Qaeda still pose a threat to the West?
As The France 24 Debate turns five, François Picard’s high-profile panel highlights the common thread between the Arab Spring and the world financial crisis, a fundamental shift of the balance of power in our globalized world.
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