While the American media was enamored by the charismatic pope’s “historic” visit to the United States (I seem to remember popes have visited before), more important earthly developments occurred. The leaders of the next two most powerful countries in the world (after the United States) did or were scheduled to meet with President Obama, and the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives announced his resignation–all with important implications for U.S. policy. Xi Jinping, the leader of China, a nuclear power and the second biggest economy in the world after the United States, arriving in the United States at …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
