It will take a lot of national pain as our economy transitions from a consumption based, high-debt, low-growth debtor nation into a manufacturing and exportingnation once again.
The 48-year-old president has brought uncharacteristic political stability to this oil-exporting nation of 14.6 million people that cycled through seven presidents in the decade before he first took office in 2007.
Outside of stocks, OPEC is warning that quota cuts will be necessary when the United Nation lifts sanctions against Iraq, which will allow that country to start exporting oil again.