Obama’s advisers say the candidate’s background and personal experiences are what ultimately set him apart from the other contenders for the presidency. “He looks at the world a different way from a typical American president,” says Gordon. Obama, whose father was from Kenya, lived for four years as a child in Indonesia. His campaign also recently revealed that he had visited Karachi and Hyderabad as a college student, although they did not specify whether the latter was the Indian or Pakistani city.
The writer researches US foreign policy towards South Asia in Washington DC dhruva.jaishankar@gmail.com
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