Some hopeful signs are showing up in the news stories I look at around the world that may point to a positive effect from the policies of the Obama administration.

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First is a story that shows the U.S. troop death toll at its lowest level since the war began.  March 2009 had only 4 U.S. troop deaths.  Civilian deaths remained the same.

The second positive indicator is the apparent thawing of relations between Iran and the U.S. Iran has agreed to help police and monitor drug trade routes out of Afghanistan after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton requested the countries in the region to help close off the drug trade of heroin out of the area.