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Obama Show Coming to Europe, Mideast

Hopeful seeks to bolster image by traveling this summer

Jun 28, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will travel to Europe and the Middle East this summer in his first international tour as a presidential candidate, he announced today. Designed to offset criticism that he lacks foreign policy experience, the trip will include stops in Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and Britain, the New York ... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • Europe • Obama 2008 • foreign policy • tour

analysis

GOP Has Female VP Possibles, Too

Mulling Alaska Gov. Palin, ex-HP exec FIorina, Texas Sen. Hutchison

Jun 23, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(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’
... More »

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

 Vietnam Stays With McCain 

Philosophy rooted in visits continues to influence candidate

Jun 23, 08 2:35 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

opinion

Why 'Cowboy' Shouldn't Be Political Insult

Label for 'reckless'
President maligns
real cowpokes

Jun 23, 08 2:22 PM CDT
(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... More »

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foreign policy • George W. Bush • Wild West

 McCain's
 War Views 
 Echo '74 Thesis 

GOP hopeful notes dangers of '60s antiwar movement

Jun 15, 08 9:24 AM CDT
(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 ... More »

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

analysis

Miami Cubans
Toe Softer Line
on Embargo

'Waving the bloody shirt of anti-Castro politics' may be out of date

May 23, 08 9:43 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

Lieberman, Hagel Cross Aisles to Pound Candidates

Senators cross party lines with foreign policy criticism

May 21, 08 1:25 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

Surprise! Foreign Policy, Round 1, Goes to Obama

Unlike other Dems, Obama can win on war issues

May 19, 08 8:19 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

analysis

Bush Attack Provides Boon
to Obama Camp

Dem uses claims
to sharpen foreign policy message

May 17, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Obama Adviser  Quits Over Hamas Talk

Mideast expert met  with militant group for his job, not campaign

May 10, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

The Tug of War Over John McCain's Soul

Neocons, pragmatists battle for influence with Republican candidate

Apr 10, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican “pragmatists” are growing uneasy seeing John McCain consorting with prominent neoconservatives, the New York Times reports. They fear McCain’s foreign policy isn’t as crystallized as it seems, and could be influenced by neocon advisers like John Bolton. “It might be too strong to say a... More »

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John McCain • pragmatism • campaign adviser • John Bolton • neocon • foreign policy • Henry Kissinger • McCain 2008 • Election 2008

 Condi Debunks Veep Rumors 

She's 'last to know about it,' quips aide

Apr 8, 08 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has once again quashed speculation that she is seeking the vice presidential nomination as John McCain's running mate, reports the Washington Post. A McCain-Rice ticket would satisfy many of McCain's conservative critics and represent a formidable challenge to a Dem ticket headed by a woman... More »

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John McCain • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Stanford University • vice president • foreign policy • Grover Norquist • Iraq war • Fitness magazine

OPINION

 Next Prez's To-Do:
 Fix Diplomacy 

New administration will need to fix problems Bush has not addressed

Apr 3, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking the attitude that "since we were now all-powerful, allies were no longer necessary," President Bush damaged the US' image and diminished its power, Fred Kaplan writes in Slate. How can the next president heal our diplomatic woes?
  1. Visit all Middle East countries; leave a full-time envoy:
... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Middle East • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Israel and Palestinians • foreign policy • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

Obama Wins Hamilton Nod

Longtime Indiana congressman can lend candidate national security cred

Apr 2, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • Indiana • Obama 2008 • foreign policy • Lee Hamilton • political endorsement

OPINION

Pundits Spar Over McCain as Dubya Redux

Righty says speech shows foreign policy shift; lefty has deja vu

Mar 28, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s foreign-policy address Wednesday split watchers, with David Brooks, in the New York Times, declaring the Republican candidate a breath of fresh air and Glenn Greenwald, in Salon, seeing four more years of George W. Bush. Brooks says the “personal, nuanced and ambitious speech” shows McCain to... More »

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John McCain • military • US foreign policy • neocon • foreign policy • Iraq war • George W. Bush

ANALYSIS

Obama's Foreign Policy Would Be Radical Overhaul

Advisers talk up breaking from orthodoxy with 'dignity' doctrine

Mar 25, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama provides “the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique” from a presidential contender in decades, writes Spencer Ackerman in the American Prospect—focusing not on fear, but rather on what advisers call “dignity promotion.” Ackerman credits the candidate's brain trust with cutting through “Democratic timidity” to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • foreign policy • al-Qaeda • Iraq war • Samantha Power • dignity promotion • Denis McDonough • Ben Rhodes • Tony Lake • Susan Rice • Sarah Sewall • Scott Gration

 Richardson Backs Obama, 
 Cites 'Unique Moral Ability' 

Candidates competed feverishly for NM governor's nod

Mar 21, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Richardson endorsed Barack Obama today, saying the senator’s landmark race address this week “asked every American to see the reality and the pain of other Americans. He appealed to the best in us." The Democratic candidates eagerly sought the New Mexico governor’s nod, and Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Richardson • race • foreign policy • endorsement • Jeremiah Wright

Obama Blasts Both Rivals Over Iraq Positions

He notes McCain's gaffe confusing Sunni and Shiite groups

Mar 19, 08 6:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama laid into both presidential rivals on the Iraq war today, chiding John McCain for misspeaking about terror groups there and criticizing Hillary Clinton for voting to authorize the conflict. "We heard Sen. McCain confuse Sunni and Shi'ite, Iran and al-Qaeda," Obama said, pouncing on McCain for... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Sunni • Shiite • foreign policy • Election 2008 • Iraq war • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Papers Show First Lady Away at Key Foreign Policy Moments

Mining schedule may highlight Hillary's role

Mar 19, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - As historians and political strategists pore over newly released documents from Hillary Clinton’s years in the White House, the Guardian jumps in with a first look at whether she was present when big foreign policy decisions were reached. Clinton has made her role in the administration a central peg... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Clinton administration • foreign policy • Clinton Presidential Library • first lady

Firebrand Pastor Worried Obama Campaign Early

Aides uninvited Wright from Barack candidacy announcement

Mar 17, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign uninvited his controversial former pastor Jeremiah Wright from speaking at his candidacy announcement last year, reports the Los Angeles Times. The campaign didn’t want to "make him the target and a distraction on a day when Senator Obama was going to announce his candidacy,... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • foreign policy • Jeremiah Wright • David Axelrod • Election 2008 • God Bless America • Trinity United Church of Christ

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