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  • July 2008

    • Obama ISO VP Who Can Govern

      Politico  |  Jul 27, 08 1:09 PM CDT

      Obama ISO VP Who Can Govern

      (Newser) - Barack Obama won’t pick a veep based on trying to win a specific region, he said today on Meet the Press . Instead, he’ll focus on “somebody who can help me govern,” Politico reports. The Dem also complimented both Clintons, saying the former first lady “would be on anybody’s short list.” Meanwhile, on This Week John McCain attacked as “political” his opponent’s timeline for withdrawing from Iraq, AP notes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iraq war  • Obama 2008  • McCain 2008  • Iraq pullout  • Chuck Hagel

    • Brzezinski Down on Idea of Afghan 'Surge'

      Huffington Post  |  Jul 25, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      Brzezinski Down on Idea of Afghan 'Surge'

      (Newser) - The presidential candidates seem to agree that Afghanistan needs a troop surge, but Zbigniew Brzezinski doesn’t. Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, now a Barack Obama backer, says he's concerned that the US is “literally running the risk of unintentionally doing what the Russians did,” and being perceived as an invading force, the Huffington Post reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Afghanistan  • Rudy Giuliani  • Joe Lieberman  • civilian casualties  • Chuck Hagel  • Richard Lugar  • Zbigniew Brzezinski

    • Obama Arrives in Iraq

      CNN  |  Jul 21, 08 4:49 AM CDT

      Obama Arrives in Iraq

      (Newser) - Barack Obama landed in Basra today and headed to Baghdad for the latest leg of his world tour, the Washington Post reports. The candidate, who made a brief stop in Kuwait last night after 2 days in Afghanistan, will meet with US commanders and Iraqi officials and speak with US troops and civilian employees. He is accompanied by Democratic Sen. Jack Reed from the Senate Armed Services Committee, CNN reports, and Republican war critic Chuck Hagel. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • David Petraeus  • troop withdrawal  • Chuck Hagel  • Kuwait  • Jack Reed

    • Obama Meets Afghan Leaders, Reiterates Support

      Associated Press  |  Jul 19, 08 2:03 PM CDT

      Obama Meets Afghan Leaders, Reiterates Support

      (Newser) - Barack Obama met today with officials from one of Afghanistan’s most hard-fought regions, the AP reports, and re-iterated his commitment to intensifying US efforts there if elected president. Together with Chuck Hagel and Jack Reed, Obama visited Jalalabad Air Field in Nangarhar province. Nangarhar lies next to the Pakistani border, and has come under intense Taliban attacks, a former warlord told Obama’s delegation. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • Taliban  • US military  • Chuck Hagel  • Jack Reed

    • VP Picks Lieberman, Hagel: Disasters for Party Bases

      Politico  |  Jul 18, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      VP Picks Lieberman, Hagel: Disasters for Party Bases

      (Newser) - With talk that John McCain and Barack Obama could pick Joe Lieberman and Chuck Hagel, respectively, to round out their tickets, liberal and conservative stalwarts tell Politico the aisle-crossing VPs would likely wreak havoc with the parties’ bases. While each has broken with his party on Iraq, Lieberman is far too socially liberal for Republicans, Hagel too far right for Democrats. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • vice president  • Joe Lieberman  • Chuck Hagel  • NARAL  • Family Research Council  • NOW

    • Obama to Meet With Abbas During Mideast Swing

      CNN  |  Jul 14, 08 2:53 PM CDT

      Obama to Meet With Abbas During Mideast Swing

      (Newser) - Barack Obama will visit Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank next week, a top Palestinian official said today. The Ramallah meeting with the president of the Palestinian Authority will happen on July 23, CNN reports. Details on the international trip have been guarded, but the Times of London says Obama will touch down in London this Friday, continue to Israel, Jordan, Afghanistan and Iraq—and finish in France and Germany on the 24th and 25th. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Iraq  • Afghanistan  • Israel  • France  • Germany  • London  • Mahmoud Abbas  • West Bank  • Jordan  • Chuck Hagel  • Jack Reed

    • GOP's Hagel Will Travel to Iraq With Obama

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 11, 08 2:39 PM CDT

      GOP's Hagel Will Travel to Iraq With Obama

      (Newser) - GOP national-security stalwart and longtime McCain friend Chuck Hagel will join Barack Obama on his upcoming trip to Iraq, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The retiring Nebraskan senator has been a vocal critic of the war and the Bush administration. Despite his Republican credentials, he has been floated as a potential Cabinet member and as a long-shot VP choice for Obama. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iraq  • Joe Lieberman  • Vietnam War  • Chuck Hagel

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Lieberman, Hagel Cross Aisles to Pound Candidates

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 21, 08 1:25 PM CDT

      Lieberman, Hagel Cross Aisles to Pound Candidates

      (Newser) - Joe Lieberman and Chuck Hagel are fighting a duel of aisle-crossing foreign policy critiques, as the former Dem candidate takes aim at Obama and the GOP heavyweight scolds McCain. “How did the Democratic Party get here?” Joe asks in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, accusing Barack of kow-towing to extremists who have taken the party “further to the left” than at any point in two decades. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • foreign policy  • Joe Lieberman  • Chuck Hagel  • appeasement  • FDR

  • February 2008

    • Senators OK After Emergency Afghan Landing

      Associated Press  |  Feb 21, 08 4:54 PM CST

      Senators OK After Emergency Afghan Landing

      (Newser) - Helicopters transporting three US senators over mountains in Afghanistan were forced to make an emergency landing today due to a snowstorm, the Associated Press reports. US troops sent ground transportation for Democrats John Kerry and Joseph Biden and Republican Chuck Hagel, none of whom was injured, and returned them to Bagram Air Base. Their diplomatic tour has since continued to Ankara, Turkey. More »

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