https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/11/24/the-return-of-scowcroftian-foreign-policy/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 13:09:00 -0400<![CDATA[When Barack Obama ran for president, especially in the primaries, he relied on a group of foreign-policy advisers that included radical leftist thinkers like Robert Malley, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power.   The rise of Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State gave political watchers the first indication that Obama would not follow that direction after winning office by gaining the trust of the Left.  The Wall Street Journal looks at the rest of the team forming on foreign policy and sees even stronger indications that Obama will instead fall back to the foreign policy direction of President Bush &#8212; George H. W. Bush, that is:]]>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:30:14 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2008/11/24/the-return-of-scowcroftian-foreign-policy-n158814