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Obama: Clinton's 'obliterate' Iran statement too much like Bush
Obama: Clinton's 'obliterate' Iran statement too much like Bush
(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday accused Sen. Hillary Clinton of echoing the "bluster" of President Bush when she said the U.S. would be able to "obliterate" Iran if it used nuclear weapons against Israel."It's not the language we need right now, and I think it's language reflective of ...
Hail Clinton
weeklystandard.com — There appears to be little angst among conservatives at the prospect of Hillary Clinton joining the Obama... administration as Secretary of State. The idea was warmly embraced by Henry Kissinger , who our President-elect seems to hold in high-esteem, ... (more) Hail Clinton
Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon
nytimes.com — Iran has produced enough nuclear material to make a single atom bomb, though it is unclear if... the country has achieved the necessary technical advances to create a bomb. > (more) Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon
Eyes on the Prize
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com — Jim Geraghty : So Joe Lieberman is keeping his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee on the... say so of 42 Senate Democrats AND President Obama ; his Secretary of State might be Iraq War supporter and preconditionless-summit opponent Hillary ... (more) Eyes on the Prize
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Clinton And Obama On Iran
TalkLeft — ... which states (in part): Iran Counter-Proliferation Act: The Secretary of State should designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a Foreign Terrorist Organization ... and the Secretary of the Treasury should place the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists under Executive Order 13224. More . . . The second "argument" made is that Hillary "wants" to "obliterate" Iran. But what did Clinton actually say? "In the next 10 years, during which they might ...

A Clinton Question
Open Left - Front Page — ... Obama for saying he would consider diplomatic engagements with certain foreign leaders that we don't like. I also seem to remember Clinton threatening to "obliterate" Iran. Obama now making his top diplomat that person who attacked over his views on diplomacy doesn't seem "Team of Rivals"-ish to me - it seems dangerously contradictory in an area of policy that is extremely delicate.   ...

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