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I now sit and wonder: did anyone ask the ordinary American John Doe if he wanted his money to be used to pay for the yachts, private jets, personal islands and bear bellies of those high up in prestigious firms on Wall Street?

The notion of "melting pot" is by now obsolete. Today one lands in the United States, individually or in groups, without merging into a melting pot.

The microprocessor, the Internet, Google Car ... numerous innovations were initiated or supported by the U.S. Department of Defense. In the digitally dominated 21st century, this gives the U.S. a significant competitive advantage.

In the global classroom, the U.S. is at the back of the class and it is rapidly losing its chances to catch up.

If the U.S. cannot balance China’s political and cultural influence, or alter China’s position on contentious issues, then that could mean the U.S.’s influence is on the decline.

Troop build-up in Afghanistan will only shatter more families. It is Obama’s responsibility to allow soldiers to return to their friends and family soon, in order to prevent more tragedies on American soil.

Obviously, we have entered an era in which the U.S. wants more from China than China wants from the U.S.

Many groups are now pressuring Obama to take substantial steps towards creating a nuclear-free world, so that the Peace Prize will not have been granted in vain.

Obama has clearly stated that he supports total nuclear disarmament. However, this is merely a distant goal, so distant that the president himself has said that he does not believe he will achieve it during his presidency.