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McCain Steps Up Attacks on His Opponent's Foreign Policy Credentials

 

Published 8/28/2008 by Michael Abramowitz at Wash Post Elections

Borrowing a familiar theme from past GOP presidential campaigns, Sen. John McCain is sharpening his efforts to portray Sen. Barack Obama as naive and inexperienced on foreign policy, rolling out an ad that accuses the Democrat of not taking Iran seriously and ridiculing his explanation for the en... (link)

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