AND THE UR WONDERS WHY OUR ALLIES DON'T TRUST HIM?:

US-SKorea trade deal a victim of US politics (FOSTER KLUG, 05/14/10, AP)

Leading senators and a group of former officials are pushing the Obama administration to send a stalled U.S.-South Korean free trade deal to Congress. But with November elections looming, the accord may already be dead this year.