What is the Obama Doctrine?

Ryan, there's been a lot of clamoring from every side for an "Obama Doctrine."

In his interviews this week, he really shied away from using Libya as an example of an "Obama Doctrine."

Obama Doctrine (2009-)

This has left journalists and political commentators to speculate on what the exact tenets of an Obama Doctrine might look like.

The term "Obama Doctrine" was used long before the start of Obama's presidency, while he was still only a candidate in the Democratic primaries.

Not long after Obama's inauguration on January 20, 2009, commentators began to speculate on the emergence of a distinct Obama Doctrine in action.

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If there is no Obama Doctrine, there is an Obama approach-undergirded by humane values but also by a respect for reality.

The Obama Doctrine has been praised by some as a welcome change from the dogmatic and aggressive Bush Doctrine.