And on my first day in office, I will send a message to every man and woman in our armed forces: You will never be asked to fight a warwithout a plan to win the peace.
The public thinks it's likely that Obama will improve race relations, improve economic conditions, bring stability to the financial markets, make the U.S. safer from terrorism, reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil, reduce global warming, win the war in Afghanistan and remove U.S. troops from Iraq without causing a major upheaval in that country.