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  • June 2008

    • GOP Has Female VP Possibles, Too

      Politico  |  Jun 23, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      GOP Has Female VP Possibles, Too

      (Newser) - In a post-Hillary age, a female candidate comes as less of a surprise on the national stage. Here are three women who could stand for John McCain’s vice-presidential slot, per Politico: Carly Fiorina: The former Hewlett-Packard exec is already a trusted adviser and constant McCain surrogate, but she’s no social conservative and has no foreign-policy expertise. CEOs aren’t too popular during recessions, either. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • Hillary Clinton  • Sarah Palin  • foreign policy  • social conservatives  • Carly Fiorina  • Kay Bailey Hutchison

    • Vietnam Stays With McCain

      Boston Globe  |  Jun 23, 08 2:35 PM CDT

      Vietnam Stays With McCain

      (Newser) - After 5 years as a POW, John McCain returned to Vietnam in 1974 and 1985, trips that inextricably linked him with the war in American minds. They also helped color the way he thinks about foreign policy and helped him learn to make amends with onetime enemies when it meant closure on MIAs. The Boston Globe looks at the candidate's evolution through the prism of that experience. More »

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      John McCain  • foreign policy  • Vietnam  • POW  • MIA  • POW/MIA  • Walter Cronkite

    • Why 'Cowboy' Shouldn't Be Political Insult

      Texas Monthly  |  Jun 23, 08 2:22 PM CDT

      Why 'Cowboy' Shouldn't Be Political Insult

      (Newser) - The word “cowboy” doesn’t deserve the derogatory treatment it’s received in recent years, Elmer Kelton writes in Texas Monthly. With critics labeling President Bush’s foreign policy “cowboy diplomacy,” the term that was once a sign of respect is now used to evoke a "shoot-from-the hip" individual who makes reckless decisions—the opposite of working cowboys like Kelton’s father, he writes. More »

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      George W. Bush  • foreign policy  • Wild West

    • McCain's War Views Echo '74 Thesis

      New York Times  |  Jun 15, 08 9:24 AM CDT

      McCain's War Views Echo '74 Thesis

      (Newser) - “A man’s ability to perform credibly as a prisoner of war” is founded on “a strong belief in his nation’s foreign policy,” John McCain wrote in a 1974 essay that shows the seeds of the candidate's views on public support for war. The New York Times takes a look at the essay, which was written during his time at the National War College—a time McCain says was key in the development of his views on Iraq, . More »

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      John McCain  • Iraq war  • foreign policy  • Vietnam War  • propaganda

  • May 2008

    • Miami Cubans Toe Softer Line on Embargo

      Time  |  May 23, 08 9:43 AM CDT

      Miami Cubans Toe Softer Line on Embargo

      (Newser) - In his speech in Miami this week, John McCain talked the familiar macho talk on Cuba, taking a hard line on the embargo and ridiculing Barack Obama for suggesting that he might open a dialogue with Raul Castro. That may still play with older exiles, Time notes, but a growing number of younger Cuban-Americans don't believe the embargo has any hope of toppling the regime and would like to see more openness in both diplomacy and borders. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Florida  • Cuba  • foreign policy  • Fidel Castro  • Raul Castro  • Cuban embargo  • Cuban Americans

    • 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

    • Surprise! Foreign Policy, Round 1, Goes to Obama

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 19, 08 8:19 PM CDT

      Surprise! Foreign Policy, Round 1, Goes to Obama

      (Newser) - Barack Obama 1, Republicans 0—and on foreign policy, no less. Michael Tomasky marvels in the Guardian at Obama's recent clash with President Bush, who blasted Obama for proposing talks with Iran "without preconditions." Aren't Democrats supposed to be easy targets on foreign policy? Apparently not when they fire back boldly, bring up Bush's Iraq lies, and tell voters, "They're trying to scare you." More »

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      Barack Obama  • George W. Bush  • Iran  • foreign policy  • appeasement

    • Bush Attack Provides Boon to Obama Camp

      Politico  |  May 17, 08 12:26 PM CDT

      Bush Attack Provides Boon to Obama Camp

      (Newser) - President Bush’s comments this week about Nazi appeasement have allowed Barack Obama to polish his attacks on the administration and John McCain. Obama seized on the criticism as a two-for-one opportunity, saying there’s “no separation” between Bush and McCain on Mideast policy. The Dem’s tough response could signal his bid to use the war to undermine McCain’s credibility, writes Carrie Budoff Brown in Politico. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • foreign policy

    • Obama Adviser Quits Over Hamas Talk

      Times (UK)  |  May 10, 08 7:10 AM CDT

      Obama Adviser Quits Over Hamas Talk

      (Newser) - An informal Mideast policy adviser to the Barack Obama campaign has severed ties after critics made an issue of  meetings the adviser had with Hamas, the Times of London reports. The Obama campaign stressed that Robert Malley never had a formal role with them; Malley made it clear that his meetings with Hamas were part of his job with a conflict prevention group and had no connection to Obama. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hamas  • Middle East  • foreign policy  • adviser

  • April 2008