In State of the Union addresses, I always look at the foreign policy and military parts first, which are generally pretty minimal.
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Foreign policy is important.
White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues.
Politically, foreign policy never matters until it matters, and then it matters a lot.
Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement.
We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other.
Most of the State of the Union will not be about Iraq. Most of the State of the Union will be about improving America's economy and providing greater access to health care for millions of American people, including senior citizens.
I talk a great deal to prior Secretaries of State about policy issues.
How many State of the Union addresses do people remember? They don't resonate that way.
For India, the links with the United States/Israel are the centrepiece of its foreign policy.
Normal military trade is undoubtedly part of the normal State-to-State relations.
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