As if it’s a good thing.
Via Beltway Confidential:
President Obama trumpeted his foreign policy record on Monday, telling a convention of veterans that his administration has spearheaded a “new era of American leadership” that has made the U.S. “safer and stronger and more respected in the world.”
“Because we’re leading around the world, people have a new attitude toward America,” Obama told the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Reno, Nevada. “There’s more confidence in our leadership. We see it everywhere we go.”
Obama ran down a list of his foreign policy accomplishments and he called out Republicans for criticizing his stewardship of the military.
“Some said that bringing our troops home from Iraq was a mistake,” Obama said. “Well when you’re a commander in chief, you owe the troops a plan; you owe the country a plan,” he added, dinging Republican nominee Mitt Romney, whom Obama says lacks a detailed military strategy.