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July 23, 2008 Obama must strike right tone for Europe, US

Sen. Barack Obama's strong start on his tour of foreign hot spots and capitals this week puts him in a position to step back for a minute from short-term ...

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Source: Newsday, NY


July 23, 2008 All the news that’s fit?

In other words, when John McCain agrees with Barack Obama on timetables, please get back to us. The Times published Obama’s oped on Iraq July 14. ...

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Source: Boston Herald, United States


July 23, 2008 What's new: McCain says Obama would rather lose the war than the ...

The New York Times -- Obama's health plan raises questions about whether it can be delivered: "In speech after speech, Senator Barack Obama has vowed that ...

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Source: USA Today


July 23, 2008 Palestinians say Obama "corrected" previous statement on undivided ...

A statement from the Palestinian National Authority -- after Sen. Barack Obama's meeting today in Ramallah with President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister ...

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Source: ABC News


July 23, 2008 Poll: British, French, Germans back Obama

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks to the press after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, ...

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Source: United Press International


July 23, 2008 Obama Defends Israel but Says Military Strike on Iran Nukes Would ...

By MARK MOONEY and ED O'KEEFE Sen. Barack Obama claims that a "history of weak sanctions" on countries like North Korea and Iran has created "this slow ...

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Source: ABC News


July 23, 2008 Obama: Daughters 'Won't Be Heartbroken' Over November Loss

ABC News' Nitya Venkataraman Reports: If Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama doesn't win the White House in November, his daughters' might be ...

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Source: ABC News


July 23, 2008 Obama and the Surge

Karen DeYoung and Jonathan Weisman declare this morning that Sen. Barack Obama, with his recent travels and comments, "has remade the [presidential] ...

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Source: Washington Post, United States


July 23, 2008 Fundraiser for Obama, Clinton scheduled in Madison

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is planning a fundraiser in Madison on Thursday. The campaign is inviting supporters of Obama and Sen. ...

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Source: Chicago Tribune, United States


July 23, 2008 US elections: Obama's political straitjacket

Barack Obama in Jerusalem, where he pledged staunch support for Israel. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters When a US presidential candidate arrives in town, ...

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Source: guardian.co.uk, UK


July 23, 2008 News Coverage Of Obama Irks

... they see as a growing press infatuation with his rival, Barack Obama. That agitation has grown more intense this week, with the attention paid to Sen. ...

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Source: Wall Street Journal


July 23, 2008 Obama campaign: McCain flubs on Iraq timeline

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain says Democrat Barack Obama is wrong about the Iraq war. But Obama's campaign says McCain was ...

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Source: The Associated Press


July 23, 2008 In Jerusalem, Obama faces divisive issues, united foes

With his campaign plane as a backdrop, Senator Barack Obama spoke on the tarmac of Ben Gurion International Airport last night after arriving in Tel Aviv. ...

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Source: Boston Globe, United States


July 23, 2008 McCain camp says media love Obama

John McCain's campaign, with some acid humor, is directly hitting what many critics see as the media's infatuation with Barack Obama. ...

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Source: Boston Globe, United States


July 23, 2008 How can McCaskill best help Obama?

Claire McCaskill, (D-Mo) has been very active lately in her support of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, (D-Ill.). ...

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Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States


July 23, 2008 Obama Defends His Opposition To Surge Policy

ABC World News reports that during a press conference in Israel yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama "was asked repeatedly about comments he made to ABC News Terry ...

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Source: U.S. News & World Report, DC


July 23, 2008 Preston on Politics: PUMAs stalking Obama

By Mark Preston Not all of Sen. Hillary Clinton's supporters have fallen in line behind Sen. Barack Obama. Not exactly the slogan you want heading into your ...

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Source: CNN


July 23, 2008 The Myth of the Media Bias Toward Barack Obama

It is almost pathetic to see McCain's aides hopping mad over coverage of Sen. Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East and Europe. ...

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Source: U.S. News & World Report, DC


July 23, 2008 Obama meets key Mideast leaders

Sen. Barack Obama lays a wreath at a Holocaust memorial Wednesday in Jerusalem. He also said he will work toward bringing peace in the region regardless of ...

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Source: CNN


July 23, 2008 For Obama, Israel visit a symbolic minefield

As Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Jerusalem early today, with his high-profile tours of Afghanistan and Iraq behind him, the challenge facing. ...

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Source: Seattle Times, United States


July 23, 2008 Democrats hope to lift 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Sen. Barack Obama supports it. " 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' unambiguously maintains that open homosexuality within the military services presents an ...

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle,  USA


July 23, 2008 Pick the Cabinet early

This year, with US Sen. Barack Obama receiving rock-star coverage of his overseas trip and his every move back home, US Sen. John McCain could find himself ...

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Source: Politicker, NY


July 23, 2008 Obama says he's 'deeply committed' to helping Israel

Barack Obama on Wednesday said Jerusalem will be the capital of Israel. Sen. Barack Obama speaks Wednesday in Sderot, Israel, a city that has come under ...

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Source: CNN


July 23, 2008 Donations to Obama campaign include some biggies

Jae C. Hong / AP Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves as he leaves a hotel after a fundraiser in San Diego, Calif., Sunday, ...

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Source: Los Angeles Times, CA


July 23, 2008 The Media's Bias Toward Barack Obama Will Hurt Him

One of the commentators waxes poetic about Sen. Barack Obama's rave visuals on his current trip abroad. (Quite frankly, I thought the video of Obama ...

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Source: U.S. News & World Report, DC


July 22, 2008 McCain in Rochester - But where is Obama?

But while McCain is answering voters' questions, Sen. Barack Obama will be somewhere on the other side of the world, playing to his real constituency ...

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Source: The Union Leader, NH


July 22, 2008 Capitalism provides an amoral model

For a long time Sen. Barack Obama has argued that we should put together a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq. For a long time Obama has argued that we need ...

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Source: Tampabay.com, FL


July 22, 2008 Obama arrives in Jordan

(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama arrived Tuesday in Jordan on the next leg of a trip intended to bolster the Democratic presidential hopeful's foreign policy ...

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Source: CNN International


July 22, 2008 Could an Obama presidency hurt black Americans?

By John Blake For many, Sen. Barack Obama is an agent of change but some critics say he could make race relations worse. That's the slogan on a popular ...

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Source: CNN


July 22, 2008 RNC - Obama: Wrong On Israel

(Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At The Annual AIPAC Policy Conference, Arlington, VA, 6/4/08) One Day Later, Obama Said The Future Of Jerusalem Would Have To Be ...

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Source: MarketWatch


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