Today, President Obama made it very clear where he thinks the war on terror is — Afghanistan. In an early morning press conference, the president unveiled his plan for the war torn region which includes a deployment of some 4,000 troops.

He also said he is urging Congress to increase aid given to neighboring Pakistan to $1.5 billion, noting that Pakistan’s fate is dependent on Afghanistan’s future.

For those critical of the Iraq war, President Obama made it clear things will be different on his watch. “We will not blindly stay the course . . . we will review if we are using the right tactics and tools,” a clear criticism of the Bush Administration’s strategy that focused primarily on military might versus political diplomacy. Obama also mentioned, more than once, that the state of Afghanistan is so poor now because we have been diverting our attention and resources to Iraq — a war he voted against while in the Senate.

President Obama also seemed to be reaching out to the larger, world community by stating that Afghanistan is not just “an American problem” and that “the saftey of people around the world is at stake.”

TELL US: Should we be going into Afghanistan while we’re still in Iraq?

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Today, at roughly 11:30 am (ET), the most powerful man in the world will be logging on to answer YOUR questions.

No, not Diddy. We’re talking about President Barack Obama — the most plugged-in president ever — will be answering questions about the economy LIVE at whitehouse.gov/openforquestions, where at last count, there are over 100,000 questions already.

If you saw his prime-time press conference earlier this week, Pres. Obama has a soft spot for the little people like you and I. Seriously, when was the last time you saw a president take a question from Ebony Magazine? How about never?

This seems to be just one more example of how Obama is changing the face of the presidency — not to mention staying in touch with the millions of young folks who helped put him in office by hitting up his website.

The time to submit questions is basically over, but if you could submit a question for the President of the United States, what would it be?

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People aren’t just in love with President Barack Obama; they’re also smitten by his wife and First Lady Michelle.  From her Vogue cover to her own media mayhem coverage, Michelle Obama is like a walking Twitter—she’s everywhere. 

Why do people love Michelle?  It could be that for men, she embodies every trait that they’d like in a wife and for women, well—in a sense she’s just like them.  She raises two daughters; supports her husbands aspirations, has her own life both personally and professionally, leans on her mother for guidance and works out to keep herself up.

She’s a superwoman in her own right and a great image of Black woman everywhere. 

“This is a big ocean liner. It’s not a speedboat. It doesn’t turn around immediately. But we’re in a better — better place because of the decisions that we made.” – Pres. Obama on the future of America at his second press conference

The President’s second press conference could be summed in two words, have patience.  Whoever assumed that President Obama would jump into the White House and immediately turn things around—shame on you.  When most individuals can’t fix their bad credit in 65 days, why would you expect one man to fix America in that same amount of time?

Give the man a break and time.

Some Americans, including much of the Press, are quick to charge people with the crime of moving too slow or too little.  (Did you see the Presidents response to CNN’s Ed Henry? See video at 34:44).  By doing this, we take too much time trying to fault someone for the issues that we’ve all created instead of supporting the people trying to fix them.

Rome wasn’t built in a day and America won’t recover in one either, no matter how late the President stays up. 

Being Dick Cheney just got a little bit harder yesterday.

If you recall, former Vice President Cheney was on CNN last week saying that some of President Obama’s decisions “will raise the risk to the American people of another attack.”

Thus far, President Obama had been fairly silent on Cheney’s high-profile criticism, but the gloves came off last night when he sat down for his 60 Minutes interview. When asked about Cheney’s statements — the president said simply: “I fundamentally disagree with Dick Cheney — not surprisingly.”

Oh, but it didn’t stop there. Obama dedicates almost three minutes to tearing down Cheney’s diss, and shows once again, why most of the country voted for him — he simply does not back down.

See the whole clip right here: