NEW YORK (AP) — Less than three weeks before publication, Bob Woodward’s new book finally has a cover design and a title: “Obama’s Wars.”
And the focus will not be on the economy — the top issue of the fall elections — but on foreign policy.
Woodward’s latest investigative work will run 441 pages (Amazon.com had been listing the count at 464 pages) and show Obama “making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret war in Pakistan and the worldwide fight against terrorism,” Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday.
Woodward finished three weeks ago, according to an official with knowledge of the book. The official, who said the book includes little on the Iraq conflict, was not authorized to discuss “Obama’s Wars” and asked not to be identified.
Now an associate editor at The Washington Post, Woodward teamed in the 1970s with fellow Post reporter Carl Bernstein on the paper’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate scandal. He has written 16 books and remains known for his incredible access to White House information, making him irresistible reading in Washington and beyond.
Woodward’s four best sellers on the George W. Bush administration also concentrated on foreign policy and the war on terrorism. As with his previous works, Woodward will draw upon internal memos, documents and interviews with key decision makers, including Obama.
But the promotion for “Obama’s Wars” differs; instead of starting with an appearance on CBS TV’s “60 Minutes,” as he has done often, Woodward will speak first with ABC anchor Diane Sawyer, the network said Tuesday. Their conversation will air first on “World News” on Sept. 27, the book’s date of sale, and portions will show on “Nightline” and “Good Morning America.“ Woodward will appear live on ”Good Morning America” on Sept. 28 and, on Sunday, Oct. 3, will be a guest on another ABC program, “This Week With Christiane Amanpour.”
The book’s cover features a large profile shot of Obama, eyes narrowed in concentration. Toward the bottom, smaller images appear of such top foreign policy players as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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Asher
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 12:58pmDude, Obama doesn’t have wars, he has “Over Seas Contingency Plans”
Report Post »sabichan
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:56pmObama’s Wars -
Are they talking about his wars against the American public, Capitalism, and Constitutional rights? What else can it be about, everything else is all Bush’s fault, right?
Report Post »Carolynrr
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 4:07pmI posted on ABC today. This has really gotten my goat. This is where Beck and I are in complete agreement…as if we were not already. Anyway…This person, Woodward, has been used to set the standard for journalism…BECAUSE HE NAILED NIXON. Well, he had to dig for some of that…Obama…heck, this is all out in the open. Violations of the Constitution, right and left…not just one but many. Circumventing one of the branches of government…the Congress…another. Putting people out of work (the moratorium for one) and claiming it was the Republicans fault. Apparent bribing of people to take other jobs so his favorite could get elected…i.e., Sustek for one. Equal opportunity under the law…but with healthcare…every arm he twisted got “special deals”…i.e., FL with Medicare Advantage and some other democrat getting his state’s medicaid picked up by the federal government. And Woodward writes about war!!!!!! Shoot…Obama had the audacity to even take credit for Iraq…when he voted against the measure that insured that country’s emergence into society…AND I KNOW…THAT IS DEBATEABLE.
This thing…with Woodward…I have been waiting YEARS FOR. Did I know it would turn out this way…you betcha. I wish I could have bet on it….I would have taken all the $$$ made in the stock market in the 90′s on that.
Obama’s foreign policy begins in Indonesia…picks up with his college associates…travels onto his political allies in Chicago…and ends up with anti-American czars in the WH. There…that is what Obama’s foreign policy is.
As far as our troops…keep them away from the USA…because we don’t need anyone else who would side with freedom and justice for all.
Report Post »baldwin4freedom
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 1:39pmObama on foreign policy. We all know a person like this. When you were a kid and there was going to be a fight, he is the one who is trying to make everyone happy. Then when the fight happens he will run for the hills and hide behind a rock as his friends get destroyed.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:45pmDid Woodward take off his rose-colored glasses or was he afraid to do so because he might see the reality that Obama is either in way over his head or deliberatley trying to ruin the country?
Report Post »MikeinIdaho
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:45pmWoodward, another kissbutt obamatron trying to make Hugo Chavez II look like Ronald Reagan. Nice try, Bob, but we see right thru your BS. Obama has bowed and scraped, sucked up to our enemies and ticked off our friends in his quest to show how far the U.S. has fallen in the eyes of the world. He‘s a total marxist America hater who can’t wait to collapse this country and install a centralized planned marxist government that is beholden to China and worthless in the eyes of the rest of the world.
Report Post »Joseph
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:41pmIsn’t This Great!!! Now Woodward and Obama can do a 3 day talkshow jaunt for “The View”, “Oprah”, and “Ed Schultz”!!!
Report Post »CitizenJob
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 1:04pmWho’s this Ed Shultz?
Report Post »RestoreHonor
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:39pmConsider the source! Current events have told us more about Obama, his lack of character and thuggery than 4 Woodward volumes would!
Report Post »texaschld
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:34pmIt’s interesting. Writing a book on Obama, concerning Foreign Policy, would be equivilant to writing a book on Bush Jr, concerning Immigration. Both Presidents would rather these “situations” somehow resolve themselves, freeing their respective albatross’. What in the world could Woodward put in 441 pages that would shine anything other than a fluorescent light on Obama? Ladies (and statistically, some men) will understand the fluorescent reference.
Report Post »jesuspericoo@aol.com
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:25pmObama’s foreign policy is Bow, Apologize for America and pass out medals to our troops for restraint.
Report Post »texaschld
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:35pmThe nail has been struck true!
Report Post »missmarie
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:10pm“Woodward’s latest investigative work will run 441 pages” – really? Save the trees – I can do it in a 1/4 sheet – “Obama is an incompetent fool in the arena of foreign politics.”
Report Post »Debrabate
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 1:22pm“Obama’s Foriegn Policy”
By Debrabate
Edited and published by Debrabate
I am sorry France, I am sorry Iraq, I am sorry Iran, I am sorry Canada, I am sorry Mexico, I am sorry the the world.
Whew… I need a vacation!
The End
There I saved a tree… Al Gore should be proud
Report Post »GarbyBarengar
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 2:21pm…441 pages is light reading you know.
Report Post »CitizenJob
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 11:55amBob would make Goebbels proud!
Report Post »ME
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 11:29amIf its getting press, just look at Google then you know it’s a puff piece to make a coward look like a hawk.
Report Post »123halle
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 11:22amI agree with you all, this is just another stupid trick to favor obama and make him look good
Report Post »Debrabate
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 11:13amto be released 5 weeks before midterms…. coincidence… I think not.
The only war that Obama has is with the American people and thier way of life.
Report Post »Skwerl
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 11:05amSo basically it is another love letter to iBama?
Report Post »annarondac
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:48pmHow did you get your moniker pic on here. I can’t find anywhere to upload an icon for my name.
Report Post »JeffW65
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 3:36pmYes how did you get your avatar? I see no user control section at all or any other user tabs.
Report Post »AGracie
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 5:32pmI have asked and no one seems to know. It must be a secret. : /
Report Post »Skwerl
Posted on September 8, 2010 at 10:22amSet up a profile on WordPress and you can upload your pic. I hope this helps.
Report Post »Toader Gloat
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 11:04amThe war stuff is pointless. He said this, she said that. Blah blah blah…they’re all liars. We don’t fight wars anymore, and our boys and girls pay the price for hesitation. It’s pretty simple.
Report Post »warriorcop
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 11:04amWoodward book to be called ‘Obama’s Wars’ or “How I screwed the country and got away with it”
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on September 9, 2010 at 2:04pmLets see if I can point out parts of Obama’s Wars???
1-Junk shot=Stimulus package- unpaid for and enslaving our children
2-Top Kill=Obamacare -doing a top down kill on our economy and enslaving all of us
3-Skimming ops=shaving as much money out of every citizens pocket
4-2nd relief well=cap and trade-just another way to drill the money out of your wallet from a different angle
This guy only knows the war against capitalism, freedom, liberty, personal responsibility, wealth creation, ETC….The war plan can be found in the library under Saul Alinzky’s Rules For Radicals.
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