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He has also served in a series of senior public policy positions , including political economist for the President 's Council of Economic Advisers , chief economist of the World Bank , and secretary of the treasury of the United States . For this cohort , a less contentious relationship with the United States - - hardly an alliance , and hardly even normalization - - with a less contentious relationship with the United States may ease America ' s distrust , paving the way for projection of Iran ' s influence . The United States was mired in an unpopular war halfway around the world that had divided the country and had produced much anger , resentment and mistrust . For a discussion of this and other issues , see Framing the Issue , posted by the Association of Research Libraries ’ Office of Scholarly Communication . With the exception of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt , no president has inherited a situation as difficult as that which faced Gerald Ford on Aug. 9 , 1974 , when he took the oath of office . Within the Democratic Party , the three hottest candidates for president in 2008 are a woman , a black and an anti-war populist . Thus they do n't seek to dismantle their nuclear program but offer confidence-building measures and improved relations with the United States as a means of alleviating international concerns . Secondly , race is incredibly important and the rise of the strength of American conservatism owes much to the racial , owes much to the desertion of the South from the Democratic Party . The fact is , Sir Humphrey Davy was about the last man in the world to commit himself on scientific topics . From their perspective , the United States , like other powers before it , has invaded their country and toppled their government for the interests of an " imperial " design .