Obama: Gov. Scott Walker needs to 'bone up' on foreign policy
Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) has said that his first act as president would be to undo the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran. Doing so, Obama said in an interview with NPR, would be "a foolish approach to take."
The president said that he's confident whoever is elected president "will be knowledgeable enough about foreign policy and... the traditions and precedents of presidential power that they won't start calling to question the capacity of the executive branch of the United States to enter into agreements with other countries."
"Perhaps Mr. Walker, after he's taken some time to bone up on foreign policy, will feel the same way," Obama said.
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Walker has yet to announce that he's officially running for president in 2016, however, he's already polling well in favorability among Republican voters.
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