An extract from Obama’s Wars
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with key administration officials, their deputies, and other firsthand sources, Bob Woodward takes listeners deep into the national security state and shows how Obama debates, decides, and balances the enormous pressures facing the modern president.
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Obama has learned that he is not commander-in-chief of the economy. Many of his high-profile domestic reforms-health care, education, and energy-were largely turned over to Congress. But the president has realized the weight and reach of his authority as commander-in-chief, a responsibility that may define much of his legacy. Filled with intimate scenes told verbatim, this is an unprecedented look at a young president responding to the dangers and commitments of the twenty-first century.
