Foreign policy plans, the public mandate, and presidents holding ham

FRIDAY NEWS:
* Ten foreign policy headaches facing the White House.
* Good read: Joel Achenbach on the deficit blues.
* Why claiming a public mandate after an election is tricky.
* Eugene Robinson thinks the Democrats need to fight back.
* What if the settlements weren't the real problem in Israel?
* "What the U.S. can learn from the Dutch about teen sex."
* In defense of preserving fallout shelter signs.
* Putting together the soundtrack to the Vietnam war.
* Ahem. Fifteen portraits of presidents with ham.