Top 8 Foreign Policy Achievements of the Obama Administration

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3.   Iraq.  One of the primary messages of his presidential campaign was the withdrawal of combat troops out of Iraq.  President Obama and his National Defense personnel were able to implement this promise, as more than 90,000 combat troops were withdrawn out of Iraq by August 31, 2010.

4.   New START.  The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) is a bilateral treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation that is designed to reduce the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers by half and to establish a new inspection and verification regime.  The treaty was ratified by Congress after being signed in 2010 by President Obama and President Medvedev.  The agreement is expected to last until 2021.

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