Often times, people educated in the area of politics will say that it’s not the President who makes the decisions, but rather his close circle of advisers. We’ve even know people who vote based on a candidate’s ability to speak because they feel that the candidate’s positions were more or less irrelevant. While we wouldn’t take it to those extremes, advisers certainly have influence on the President.

It is for this reason that we were excited to find an article on Yahoo! about Obama’s foreign policy advisers. Obama’s so-called Senior Working Group on National Security consists of a slew of experienced politicians, from former members of Congress to high ranking Clinton administration officials. There are too many people to cover well here, so we picked out the 3 of the advisers that were high ranking officials during Bill Clinton’s administration.

1. Madeline Albright
Ablright was rather popular in the Middle East when she served as Bill Clinton’s Secretary of State. Albright is known for criticizing Bush’s black and white view on terror. With her advice, it is likely that Obama could succeed in establishing better relations in the Middle East which would undoubtedly help US technology exports and Big Oil.

2. Warren Christopher
Christopher is, in our opinion, one of the best diplomats in recent history. He is known for establishing relations with the People’s Republic of China and negotiating an end to the Bosnia-Serbian crisis. Christopher has the credentials to help with negotiating peace in the Middle East, as well as, the experience to improve relationships with China. This will benefit in the same way that Albright benefits, but better Chinese relations could hurt some American technology manufacturers. A safer bet would be investing in the Chinese yuan.

3. William Perry
Perry seems to be a pragmatist when it comes to foreign relationships. It was his decision to send U.S. troops to Bosnia during the Bosnia-Serbian crisis. However, while troops were sent in 1995, all U.S. forces were withdrawn by 1998. So it is reasonable to expect that military force will at least be an option with Perry, but we shouldn’t expect U.S. interests in foreign countries to be protected (i.e. oil in Iraq).

We hope that can provide you with some insight into what can be expected of Obama’s foreign policy. We will look into McCain’s advisers and see if we can’t help you out there too.

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