President’s Approval Rating Drops After Taliban Swap

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President Barack Obama’s approval rating hit the lowest point of his presidency in a Bloomberg National Poll, with just 44 percent of Americans saying they have positive feelings about him.

That drop in personal popularity has become a broader drag on the public’s perception of his performance in office.

Obama, already given poor marks on the economy and health care, also gets low ratings on two recent political firestorms: the management of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the deal that freed the last U.S. prisoner of war in Afghanistan, according to the poll.

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