Preview of Obama's Trip to Russia and Africa
Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 6:50AM 
This Monday President Barack Obama will be heading to Russia for a summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
On the agenda are thorny issues like NATO expansion, Russia's policy toward its former satellites, like Georgia and Ukraine, and the missile shield that the U.S. wants to deploy to protect Europe and Middle East allies from Iranian and other rogue nations' nuclear ambitions.
There are also serious doubts in foreign policy circles as to whether Obama is meeting with the real power in Russia - former president and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is generally considered the true ruler of the Kremlin.
Obama will finish his trip with a visit to Ghana - one of African economic and political success stories.
Here's the AP's preview of the Russia trip, and the second clip explains why Obama is going to Ghana.
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