by lundry | Nov 21, 2011 | Indonesia, Islam, Israel, Obama, Politics, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized
by Chris Lundry President Obama has now made his second trip in office to the land where he spent four years of his youth, Indonesia, while on a trip to Asia and Australia. Although Obama’s time in Indonesia was brief, he was welcomed relatively warmly by most...
by goodall | May 4, 2011 | Analysis, Narrative, Obama, Strategic Comm.
by Bud Goodall Sunday night President Barack Obama officially declared Osama bin Laden dead. He began his speech with these words: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that...
by goodall | Sep 1, 2010 | Afghanistan, Analysis, Framing, Iraq, Narrative, Obama, Politics
by Bud Goodall President Obama’s speech from the Oval Office last night announced the end of combat operations in Iraq. The speech was largely driven by his choice of a defining metaphor: “We have sent our young men and women to make enormous sacrifices in...
by goodall | Dec 2, 2009 | Afghanistan, Analysis, Narrative, Sensemaking
by Bud Goodall Yesterday’s speech by President Barack Obama at West Point about the future of American commitment to Afghanistan contained no real material surprises for anyone paying attention to the news reports that led up to his carefully planned and...
by editor | Apr 19, 2009 | Image, technology
by Steven R. Corman I just ran across this interesting release from Gallup. It cross-analyzes data from Gallup’s Communications Index “which measures the extent to which respondents are connected via electronic communications” and approval of U.S....
by editor | Apr 5, 2009 | Analysis, Framing, Language, Obama
by Steven R. Corman Well it’s official. Earlier last week AP reported comments from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the government is no longer using the phrase “global war on terror” (GWOT): The administration has stopped using the phrase...
