Archive for July 19th, 2008
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Iraq PM did not back Obama troop exit plan: government (Reuters)
Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki did not
back the plan of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and his comments to a German
magazine on the issue were misunderstood, the government’s
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Obama makes first trip to Afghanistan
Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, met with American forces and, according to a U.S. official, is expected to meet Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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Obama meets troops, Afghan officials
Barack Obama visited Saturday with U.S. troops and Afghan officials in this war-weary nation, which is the focal point of his proposed strategy for dealing with threats to the U.S. if elected president. -
Obama has breakfast with troops in Afghan capital (AP)
AP - Barack Obama had breakfast Sunday with U.S. troops in Kabul as part of his visit to Afghanistan. -
Gore pushes clean energy at Netroots
Last year it was about the candidates. This year, at the Netroots Nation conference of left-leaning bloggers and political organizers, it’s the climate. -
In Afghanistan, Obama visits troops and officials (AP)
AP - Barack Obama visited Saturday with U.S. troops and Afghan officials in this war-weary nation, which is the focal point of his proposed strategy for dealing with threats to the U.S. if elected president. -
Iraqi PM says US should leave as soon as possible (AP)
AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says U.S. troops should leave Iraq “as soon as possible,” according to a magazine report, and he called presidential candidate Barack Obama’s suggestion of 16 months “the right timeframe for a withdrawal.” -
Idea of gas-tax holiday dies quick death
The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere. -
Obama meets U.S. commander in Afghanistan (Reuters)
Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack
Obama met the commander of U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan
on Saturday to talk about the war he says is not getting enough
attention from the Bush administration. -
Meet the seven super surrogates (Politico)
Politico - A good surrogate is hard to find. Just recall Bill Clinton’s “fairy tale,” Samantha Power’s “monster” and Phil Gramm’s “nation of whiners.”