奥巴马非但无法关注亚洲这个美国外交政策的“支点 ” ， 反而被迫在与埃及和以色列领导人的谈判中耗费大量时间，并指派国务卿希拉里·克林顿离开亚洲，以便促成在加沙地区达成停火协议。
Instead of being able to focus on US foreign policy’s “pivot” to Asia, Obama was forced to spend many hours in conversation with the leaders of Egypt and Israel, and to dispatch Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from Asia, in order to facilitate a cease-fire in Gaza.