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Obama says he is alarmed by deteriorating economyUpdated: Wednesday February 4, 2009 MYT 8:46:33 AM WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says he is alarmed at how fast the U.S. economy has deteriorated, and worrying about it keeps him up at night. In a series of network television interviews, the president said the short-term outlook is bleak. He told CNN that even three months ago, most economists would not have predicted the economy was "in as bad of a situation as we are in right now." There is "no magic bullet," he told Fox News. But he said that working with Congress...

In the realm of foreign affairs, the first ten days of Barack Obama's administration were a disaster. It's hard to believe that even a foreign policy neophyte like Obama could blunder so badly, on so many fronts, in such a short time. We spent the better part of an hour of today's radio show talking about Obama's serial missteps, which I wrote about here, here and here. If I get time, I'll try to podcast that hour. Among other things, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the mullahs are beating Obama like a drum. Obama's misguided criticisms of America's policies toward Muslim...