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A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows President Obama's overall approval rating has jumped by an impressive 11 percentage points in the wake of the U.S. military mission which killed Osama bin Laden, and there is overwhelming support for how Mr. Obama handled the situation.
But Americans do not feel safer. In fact, the poll shows that six out of every ten Americans believe the threat of terrorism will increase in the U.S. over the next few months as a result of bin Laden's death.
In the immediate aftermath of the targeted killing of Osama bin Laden, President Obama’s approval rating has jumped higher, with big increases in the number of Americans giving him high marks on dealing with terrorism and the situation in Afghanistan.
The president gets big bounces on dealing with Afghanistan, with his approval rating soaring to 60 percent, and on handling the threat of terrorism, where he recorded a career high of 69 percent.
Among those who have heard at least a little about START, many more favor than oppose its ratification by the Senate (54% to 24%). Fully 66% of Democrats and 60% of independents want the Senate to ratify START. Republicans are divided – as many oppose (37%) as favor (37%) the treaty’s ratification. The small proportion who have heard a lot about the treaty are somewhat more likely than those who have heard a little to favor its ratification by the Senate (62% vs. 51%).
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A new CBS News poll found that 52 percent do not think it would be justified for people of certain racial or ethnic groups to be subject to additional security checks at airport checkpoints, while 37 percent think it would.
In other results an overwhelming majority approves of the use of full body scanners. Eighty-one percent think airports should use full body scanners including a majority of both men and women, Americans of all age groups, and Democrats, Republicans, and independents alike. Fifteen percent said airports should not use them.
According to an AP-GFK poll majorities approve of how Obama is handling terrorism, Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama's overall approval rating is 49 percent
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54% of Americans say it was "a mistake" for the United States to send troops to Iraq, while 44% disagree. In most polls over the past five years, Gallup has found a majority calling the decision to send troops a mistake, with a high of 63% opposition in April 2008. Americans are about evenly divided as to whether things are going "well" or "badly" for the United States in Iraq.
Americans largely support President Obama's timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan beginning in July 2011, with 58% in favor and 38% opposed. Most who are opposed think no timetable should be set rather than favoring an earlier or later date.
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Looking at other aspects of Obama's job performance, American voters:
* Approve 48 - 43 percent of the way he is handling foreign policy;
* Approve 45 - 40 percent of his handling of Afghanistan;
* Approve 49 - 41 percent of his handling of terrorism.
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