New lead: President Obama, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Adm. Mike Mullen (c.) at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point at Havelock, N.C. (Jim R. Bounds/AP)From Christian Science Monitor:
The president’s pragmatic worldview is likely to temper military engagement overseas.
As President Obama carves out his own foreign policy, there are signs that his use of military force overseas will be tempered by his views on the limits of American power.
Mr. Obama is leaning toward a pragmatic approach that limits military deployment of the kind used by former President Bush in the “war on terror,” while remaining open to humanitarian aid and security training, especially in places such as Darfur. This approach departs from Mr. Bush but also synthesizes policy elements from Bush’s later years.
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My Comment: It is far too early to say what the Obama Doctrine is. President Bush's Doctrine was formulated in the third year of his Presidency, and it evolved over time. If there is an Obama Doctrine, we will learn about it in the next year.