Obama's Muslim Outreach

First off, my family thinks that Obama is a muslim or has an affiliation with the muslims and those nations over there. Second, why is he so worried about solving the problems over there in the Middle East when his own nation has some problems he could be solving. But hes over there asking for peace. Yes, peace is good but i dont think peace is what is needed in the Middle East. I think we need tolerance. Obama should be over here, addressing his people on how hes going to give us more jobs or cut the defict.