A sign outside the U.S. Capitol at dawn notes that the area is closed for construction of the 2009 presidential inauguration site on November 5, 2008 in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
Great presidential expectations
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President-elect Barack Obama has begun the transition process with national security briefings. But even before his election, Obama's aides were playing down the notion that any of the significant foreign policy and economic problems facing the U.S. would be resolved within the first 100 days.
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Bruce Stokes: International economics columnist for the National Journal. He's also a transatlantic fellow with the German Marshall Fund.
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Diane Brady: Senior editor at BusinessWeek magazine.
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Tim Walch: Director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.
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