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Ron Martz: Obama leaves a legacy of indecision
President to be remembered less for racial issues and more for his foreign policy fumbles, inaction
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President Barack Obama, right, Vice President Joe Biden, center, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, listen as Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks during an Armed Forces Full Honor Farewell Review for the president Wednesday at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va. - photo by Susan Walsh
Over the next 12 days, political commentators will use a lot of ink and even more air time to begin assessing the legacy of President Barack Obama. Historians will spend years in that pursuit. But while historians will take a great deal of time and do an extraordinary amount of research in evaluating the good and the bad wrought by Obama during his eight years in office, political commentators will not be as measured or as nuanced.