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Assessing Obama's foreign policy

President Obama with Cuban President Raul Castro
U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana in March, 2016. Obama's historic visit to Cuba highlighted one of his most significant foreign policy accomplishments.
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Over the two terms he's held office, President Obama has developed a doctrine on foreign policy that is a stark departure from his predecessors.

Andrew Bacevich, professor emeritus of international relations and history at Boston University and author of "America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History," and Molly O'Toole, senior reporter at Foreign Policy magazine, joined MPR News host Kerri Miller to talk about what that doctrine is and what it means for Obama's eventual successor