Also, re: The Press Conference...

The Times points out that foreign policy was virtually untouched at the press conference. Similarly, Obama appeared on Leno on the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq--and this fact was not mentioned in the interview.

I understand that we are in the midst of a domestic crisis. But we spent most of the Bush administration looking outward, only to find out at the very end that things had fallen apart here at home. We can't afford to make the opposite mistake. It's a big world, and we're a small part of it.