Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
pakugadzwa kwake musi waJanuary 20, 2009, vatsinhiri vakatanga kufungidzira nezvokubuda kwechimwe Chidzidzo chaObama chiri kushanda. Chikumbiro chokuvhara nzvimbo yokuvharira yeAmerica paGuantanamo Bay, kurambwa kweshoko rokuti "Hondo Yenyika Yose Kupesana Norutyisidziro", uye kuyanana neRussia kupfurikidza nokurega purogiramu yezvombo zvinorwisa mabhasikiti muPoland neCzech Republic, zvakatorwa sezviratidzo zvakajeka zvokutendeuka kwenheyo dzehurumende yaBush. Vatsoropodzi, vakadai saPat Buchanan, vakakurumidza kuseka mitemo iyi ndokuitsoropodza nokuda kwokuderedza ukama hwekunze kweUnited States. Mune imwe nyaya, Buchanan akataura kuti Obama akanga "achipa nzvimbo yakakwirira yetsika kuhurumende nenyika dzisina kuikodzera".