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The Problem: Iran has sought nuclear weapons, supports militias inside Iraq and terror across the region, and its leaders threaten Israel and deny the Holocaust. But Obama believes that we have not exhausted our non-military options in confronting this threat; in many ways, we have yet to try ...
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Senator Obama's Family Values
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... is ever reason to expect that are probably more Mr. Obama's living in Kenya who are similarly related to the erstwhile Democrat presidential candidate. There's not much Senator Obama can do about the bad hand dealt his half-brother, other than sponsor him for a green card which doesn't seem to have happened, but one has to question the morality of earning several million dollars each year and leaving siblings in poverty. One really has to question it when Senator Obama has as a campaign goal: Fight Global Poverty: Obama will embrace the ...

Lionel Beehner: Why Did Obama Barely Mention Foreign Policy?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... I didn't expect him to detail every foreign policy proposal--otherwise he'd still be talking to an empty stadium. But his website is also vague. To wit: On Israeli-Palestinian peace process ("He will make a sustained push"), on eradicating global poverty ("He will help the world's weakest states to build healthy and educated communities"), on strengthening NATO ("Obama will rally NATO members"), on Darfur (He supports "increasing pressure on the Sudanese and pressure the government to halt the killing"). His site is also woefully out-of-date. He says nothing about how he will ...

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