President Obama and President Xi Jinping meet today in California to privately discuss the US-China relationship. The importance of this to the Obama administration and its pivot to Asia is obvious. According to several recent public opinion surveys, Americans also recognize China’s growing influence and emphasize the importance of friendly […] Read more »
Benghazi: Majority thinks administration is hiding something
Amid investigations into the terrorist attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, a majority of Americans – including more than three in four Republicans (77 percent) and six in 10 independents (59 percent) – think the Obama administration is mostly hiding something on the issue of Benghazi. A majority […] Read more »
Americans Oppose U.S. Military Involvement in Syria
Sixty-eight percent of Americans say the United States should not use military action in Syria to attempt to end the civil war there if diplomatic and economic efforts fail, while 24% would favor U.S. military involvement. [cont.] Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Worries about Syrian civil war on the rise
More and more Americans are concerned about the situation in civil-war ravaged Syria, according to a new national survey. But the CNN/ORC International poll, released Monday, also indicates the public remains cautious over charges that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its citizens. [cont.] CNN Recent polls: Syria Read more »
Game of Drones
President Obama will be discussing his administration’s drone program and other elements of his counterterrorism strategy in a speech he will deliver today at the National Defense University. … Many of the major US survey organizations asked about the issue in the last few months, particularly after Rand Paul’s 13-hour […] Read more »
The reality is Americans aren’t that concerned about drones
President Obama is expected to discuss the use of drone strikes today in a speech on national security. For those who read this website, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to take out suspected terrorists is a hot topic, but what exactly do Americans think of the practice? Frankly, most […] Read more »