Solutions: Integrated Strategy to Improve Global Image.

Americans go to the polls on Nov. 4 to elect a president who can not only effectively manage hot wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a global financial crisis, but also deep weaknesses in the U.S. health care and education systems and a transformational shift in how we address our energy needs.

It will require vision, will, resources and a global approach. The challenge is immense, yet America's political capital is depleted. The next American president will lead a nation whose smart power - our powers of attraction - has been deeply diluted. His first order of business must be to reverse this trend.

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