Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterBush's Move to More Centrist Policies May Aid McCain
Published 7/20/2008 by Dan Eggen at Wash Post Obama Administration
WACO, Tex., July 19 -- With his moves last week involving Iraq, Iran and North Korea, President Bush accelerated a shift toward centrist foreign policies, a change that has cheered Democrats, angered some Republicans and roiled the presidential campaign.
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