Bureaucracy post

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/30/opinion/borger-obama-defeated-by-bureaucracy/

This post mostly involves the issues related to president Obama's policy agenda with the national veterans association in regards to information associated with the organizations trust funds and how he is "staring down the looking hole" of bureaucracy  issues with these associations. The president was very encouraging that he would fix the issues associated with them. There is a very delicate balance between these associations and the president and congress, often referred too as the iron triangle.

I believe for the majority of the time the president has done well with keeping peace between these organizations and congress especially in times that he has experienced divided government. The beginning of the article spoke about Obama's confidence when entering into his presidency, and only mentioned one phrase that could perhaps be taken negatively which was "The government needs to be smarter and better" which many took as simply a challenge Obama insisted on taking. This article also compares and touches on Bill Clinton and his attempts to do so during his presidency and mentions the fact that even though Clinton spent years dedicated to reinventing the government he left office with mixed reviews and which seemed less successful when compared to Obama's legacy. Even though a national poll says that only 2 percent of Americas have trust that their government would know the right thing to do in all situations according to the article. 

Obama signing Legislation

Obama in relation to his bureaucracy conflict

National Association of American Veterans 

The presidency

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/obama-argentina-brussels-attacks/

I chose this article because it is related to the presidency but not directed towards the current election cycle which seems to take up the majority of the media related to the president. Obama; though he may be coming towards the end of his presidency and could be referred to as a lame duck  still took on his powers of not only being the president but the chief executive as well. He reached out and  made a statement related to the most recent ISIS attacks and his opinion on terrorism. "Continue to go after ISIL aggressively until it's removed from Syria and from Iraq and finally destroyed" Obama said. In this statement and article he continues to talk about his plans on defeating ISIL and his goal on terrorism related subjects. Though he believes ISIL is not an immediate threat to the United States he is concerned on a worldly level and is concerned with the rising level of individuals committing themselves to this group and other similar terrorist groups. 

Obama "not so formally" meeting with Castro.

This article also refers to Obama's policy agenda related to the  recent trip to Cuba and speaks how he is the first president for over 20 years. I personally believe that Obama using his inherent powers  has exercised his responsibility in foreign affairs very well and made a good decision stepping out and deciding to go to Cuba. The media had very good coverage, often being referred to as the fourth branch of government.

Obama formally shaking hands with Castro. 

Obama Speaking on foreign affairs