Obamas in India

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as Michelle Obama looks on after arriving at Air Force Station in New Delhi on Nov. 7, 2010.

Obama's Asia trip has turned into an early test of whether the U.S. president's global goals and prestige will survive his weakened grip on domestic power, following a painful rebuke from voters. In India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan, Obama is trying to pull off the trick of advancing a still ambitious foreign policy, while reducing high unemployment left barely touched by the sluggish economic recovery.

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