dailykos.com - 10/24/2008
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Via the Marin Independent Journal : A Republican charged with representing the views of presidential candidate Sen. John McCain told Dominican University students Thursday that war with Iran in the next four years is inevitable.... After each presentation, brief comments were added by ...
haaretz.com - 10/28/2008
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haaretz.com —
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's positions on Iran, according
to reports that have reached Israel's government. Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France. But ...
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Sources: Sarkozy views Obama stance on Iran ...
haaretz.com - 10/22/2008
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haaretz.com —
Senior Tehran officials are recommending a preemptive strike
against Israel to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran's
nuclear reactors, a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London. The official, Dr. Seyed G. Safavi, ...
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Top Iran officials recommend preemptive ...
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Friday McBush/McSame Bashing (Home Stretch Edition)
Discourse.net —
Despair sets in,
At his Northern Virginia headquarters, some McCain aides are already speaking of the campaign in the past tense. Morale, even among some of the heartiest and most loyal staffers, has plummeted. And many past and current McCain advisors are warring with each other over who led the candidate astray. One well-connected Republican in the private sector was shocked to get calls and resumes in the past few days from what he said were senior McCain aides – a breach of custom for even the worst-off campaigns.
But let’s bash a little bit just in case,
Friday
David ...
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American Foreign Policy Project
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McCain Campaign Re-Releases Attack Ad That Was Already Revealed As Dishonest
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/28/2008 — The McCain campaign apparently thinks you don't have a very long memory -- or much regard for the truth. It has just released what it's billing as a new ad attacking Obama on Iran -- even though the McCain camp already put out the same ad back in ...
Israel Gets Real on Iran
tonykaron.com 10/20/2008 —
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Down the ballot: Competitive in GA —
First Read 10/24/2008
The AP looks at the open Republican House seats that are now Democratic targets. (List here). GEORGIA: The Boston Globe goes down the Georgia. "In Georgia, a state that President Bush won by 17 percentage points in 2004, Chambliss held such a ...
Both Candidates Embrace Diplomacy —
Wash Post Elections 10/26/2008
Over the past decade, Sen. John McCain has dismissed France and Germany as unreliable allies, suggested that the United States would attack North Korea even if South Korea objected, and called for "rogue-state rollback" to help "overthrow odious ...
Opposing Views: Negotiating with the Enemy —
FOXNews.com 10/27/2008
John McCain says there must be "pre-conditions" before sitting down with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or North Korea's Kim Jong Il. Barack Obama says he would take a more open diplomatic stance when meeting with America's foes.
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