It is, to say the least, an odd time to be taking the longest trip away from the Oval Office of his presidency. Just three days after getting the worst drubbing of his career, Barack Obama flew off for a 10-day spin around Asia that encompasses India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea. There is a G20 summit thrown in, and Obama is bringing 200 business leaders, so he can argue that the trip is all about drumming up orders for US jobs. Indian investment alone accounts for 75,000 of those. Even so, he is either one cool dude or he has still not got the message. No one is quite sure which.
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