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The quote suggests that Obama was reducing expectations that the United States would try to promote a Jefferson-style democracy in Pakistan or in other countries. It implies a more limited view of what American policy can realistically achieve abroad.
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About Robert Dallek
American historian
Robert A. Dallek is an American historian known for his work on the presidents of the United States. His writing has focused in particular on Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. He is widely associated with political history and the study of modern American presidential leadership. On this site, 128 quotes are attributed to him.
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