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Obama Wins Hamilton Nod

Posted Apr 2, 08 9:49 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Barack Obama picked up an endorsement today from longtime Indiana rep Lee Hamilton, who was the co-chairman of both the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group. Hamilton, who said Obama "has the best opportunity to create a new sense of national unity," should help his candidate both in the May 6 Hoosier primary and on the national security front.

Obama’s opponents have called out his lack of foreign policy experience, but Hamilton likes what he sees. “I read his national security and foreign policy speeches, and he comes across to me as pragmatic, visionary, and tough,” he told Bloomberg, backing Obama’s oft-attacked stances on negotiation and Pakistan.

Sources Associated Press, Bloomberg

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Barack Obama is pictured with former Sept. 11 Commission co-chairman Lee Hamilton, after Obama delivered a speech about terrorism, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Former 9/11 Commission Co-Chairman Lee Hamilton delivers remarks during a luncheon forum at the National Press Club, in this Sept. 11, 2006 file photo.   (AP Photo)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a town hall meeting at the Dunmore Community Center in Scranton, Pa., Tuesday, April 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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