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

17

Obama to visit Iraq, Afghanistan

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Obama said, he is going to visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the November election.

The presumed Democratic presidential nominee said he spoke with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Monday about the war and told him he looks forward to seeing him in Baghdad.

He said more details will be announced shortly. Obama has said before he was considering a trip, but his comment to reporters Monday was his first firm declaration that he will be making the trip Continue reading…



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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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