Barack Obama Iraq War

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A Falcon of Peace

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 03.11.2009 | World

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Despite everything, hawks rule; doves never even get the chance to take off. If you're not addicted to force (and so failure), you're simply not a part of the grand scheme of things, of the world as it is.

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Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Oba...

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Gates: Military Looks To Accelerate Iraq Pullout, Shut Down Guantanamo

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 12.03.2008 | World

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates signaled a willingness to forge ahead with two key priorities for the incoming Obama administration:...

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Obama's Iraq Timetable May Need Adjustment

Time | Brian Bennett | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Senior U.S. military officials will likely advise Barack Obama to adjust his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by mid-2010....

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McCain's Last Issue

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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The presumptive Democratic nominee's world tour etablished that Obama has the gravitas to become President of the United States and neutralized McCain's national security credentials.

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Obama Takes Surge Criticism Off Website

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's aides have removed criticism of President Bush's increase of troops to Iraq from the campaign Web site, part of an e...

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Obama: Multiple Visits To Iraq By McCain Don't Equal Perspective

ABC News | Sunlen Miller | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., argued in San Diego today that just because Sen. John McCain has made multiple visits to Iraq, that does not mean that he h...

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A Detailed Analysis of Obama's Iraq Flip-Flop in Action Figure Form

Lee Camp | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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Barack Iraq Flipack Flopaq

Lee Stranahan | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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McCain Campaign: Obama's Iraq Speech Suggests He's Taking Our Side

CNN | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain's campaign said Sunday that Barack Obama's remarks on Iraq "have left a significant question as to exactly what he intends." Sen. Joh...

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Obama's Position on Iraq Could Put His Candidacy at Risk

Tom Hayden | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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Obama's position on Iraq, which always left a trail of unasked questions, now plants a seed of doubt, justifiably, among the peace bloc of American voters.

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Clark Was Right on McCain, But Now We're Talking About the Wrong Issue

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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Go back and read Wes Clark's statement. He simply said that McCain's fate -- the act of having your plane shot down -- is not relevant to the skills of being an executive. Isn't that true?

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Obama, McCain To Meet With Iraqi Foreign Minister

ABC's Political Radar | Kirit Radia | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain are expected to meet individually with Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in the coming days, s...

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Fierce Iraq Fighting Forces War Back Onto Campaign Trail

The New York Times | MICHAEL COOPER and LARRY ROHTER | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics

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The heavy fighting that broke out last week as Iraqi security forces tried to oust Shiite militias from Basra is reverberating on the presidential cam...

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Oh, That Way Madness Lies

Deanie Mills | Posted 03.25.2008 | Home

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When we become obsessed with a problem or worry or grief or point of view, this inner tempest can take over our minds to such an extent that we forget all else. I discovered this for myself when my son was deployed the first time.

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Obama Doctrine And The Minds That Shape It

American Prospect | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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When Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama met in California for the Jan. 31 debate, their back-and-forth resembled their many previous encoun...

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Nothing New in Obama's Iraq Speech

Tom Hayden | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Obama offers a hawkish posture meant to reassure elites and voters who may be worried about Obama's credentials to be commander-in-chief.

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Obama's Speech Opposing The Iraq War

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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Many talk about it, Senator Clinton ridicules it, but few have actually read it, so I post here the text of Barack Obama's speech in 2002 opposing the Iraq war.

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The New Phase for Obama, Clinton and the Rest of Us

Tom Hayden | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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It is becoming increasingly questionable whether Obama can succeed at his lofty visionary level without sharpening a principled policy difference with Clinton that really matters to voters.

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Obama And Clinton Go Toe-To-Toe On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer and Sam Stein | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics

Less than a week before the decisive Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses, the political battle over Iraq dramatically erupted on Sunday when the H...

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