Jul

18

Bill Clinton willing to campaign for Barack Obama

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Former president Bill Clinton has said he was willing to campaign for White House hopeful. Barack Obama, who defeated his wife Hillary in a sometimes bitter Democratic nomination race.

Asked by reporters if he would campaign for Obama, who aims to become America’s first black president, Clinton said: “Whenever he asks.”

He said, “He’s busier than I am on politics anyway,”

Clinton said that he had a “good talk” with Obama following the marathon nomination battle, during which the former two-term president jousted repeatedly with the Illinois senator’s campaign.

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Jun

21

Obama raises $22 mn in May

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Democrat Barack Obama increased USD 22 million in May for his presidential campaign, and ended the month with USD 43 million cash, whereas the former opposition Hillary Rodham Clinton has lots of debts.

Details of the candidates` May fundraising, filed in reports to the Federal Election Commission, came a day after Obama released he would become the first major party candidate to refrain public money in the General Election. McCain said that he would not deny the public funds, which will stop him to spend about USD 85 million from September until Election Day in November.

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Jun

19

McCain challenges Obama on terrorism

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Republican John McCain states Democratic rival Barack Obama as amature on foreign policy, frail on national security and, now, lenient on terrorism.

Today, McCain — a unique presidential candidate in a political environment ruled by the nation’s economic grief— seemingly has a slight choice but to criticize Obama the similar way.

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and top McCain surrogate, ‘Democrats, led by Barack Obama want to return to a pre-September 11th view of terrorism.’

Obama blamed McCain of ‘fear-mongering’ and said he is also consistently using the Bush-Cheney political playbook that is based on fear.

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Jun

14

The world wants Obama as Prez

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If the rest of the world had a say in electing the American president, Democratic nominee Barack Obama would already be sitting in the White House, a new poll of 24,717 people across 27 countries suggests.

Obama, who is streets ahead of Republican candidate John McCain in Europe, also has Indians backing him. As per the Indians polled in the Washington based Pew Global Research Centre survey, 33% people are confidence in Obama as compared to McCain(28%).

As per report, McCain is rated lower than Obama in every country. The survey also finds that US foreign policy “will change for the better” after the inauguration of a new American president. “Majorities in only three countries – Tanzania, Nigeria, and India – say they have a lot or some confidence in Bush to do the right thing in world affairs.”

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Jun

13

Obama establishes lead over McCain: Poll

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Presumptive Democratic candidate for the US Presidential election Barack Obama has established a small early lead over his rival republican John McCain, a new poll shows.

The poll, conducted for Wall Street Journal and NBC, shows that Obama is leading McCain by 47 per cent to 41 per cent.

But still the lead is significantly smaller than the Democratic Party’s 16-point advantage, 51 per cent to 35 per cent, when voters are asked, without candidates’ names, which party they want to win the White House.

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Mar

8

Mental Well Being of Our Soldiers Needs a Second Thought

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According to the recent Army’s mental health survey, the mental health of our audacious soldiers is under threat. Majority of troops in Iraq continues to complaint of low morale. In spite of things going so well in Iraq, it is an extremely shocking disclosure.

Situations are worsening in Afghanistan, which is turning to the “forgotten war front” for Bush/McCain. As per preliminary reports, there is an alarming rise in the troops sent to Afghanistan with symptoms of depression. In Iraq, troops report the similar level of depression as previous year.

The report issued on February 13 by the Veterans of America Wounded Warrior Outreach Program, devoted to build up the military mental health system says that the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) has been the most deployed one in the army. They had very little time to reset mentally, which can be one of the reasons for their deteriorated mental health. It has resulted in suicide attempts, spousal abuse and alcoholism. During the recent deployment, the VFA reports “Fifty-two members of the 2nd BCT were killed in action (KIA)” and “270 others were listed as non-fatality casualties, while two members of the unit remain missing in action (MIA).”

The situation is all the more troubling, with discussion of success in Iraq prevailing in the air, while the troops are not feeling that way. Perhaps one of the conclusions is to ponder over sending mental health workers to the war front. Authorities are paying a blind eye to the root cause of this severe issue, which has been repeated and extended deployment.

Senator McCain, who has been treated with kid gloves so far should take some serious action this time and better come out of his deep slumber.



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