Even the Bush White House polled better than this

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Despite all of President Obama‘s promises, despite all of his soaring rhetoric, a record number of Americans say they don’t trust the federal government to handle foreign policy issues competently.

With Obama set to address the nation on Wednesday night, trust in the nation’s elected leaders to deal effectively with issues overseas has fallen to just 43 percent, an all-time low — even lower than during the presidency of George W. Bush, according to Gallup.

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