Obama Surge

Sam Stein

McCain Backs Obama On Afghanistan But Cautions: We Aren't Winning

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


In a speech to a largely conservative audience on Wednesday, Sen. John McCain applauded President Obama's decision to add 17,000 troops to Afghanistan...

Obama's Afghanistan Surge: Too Much Too Late?

Bloomberg | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics


Sending more U.S. forces to Afghanistan is an idea whose time has come. The question is whether the time when it could work has already gone. Preside...

Obama Tells McCain: War In Iraq Didn't Start In 2007

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics


A key moment in the debate, when Obama called McCain out on Iraq: Obama: So John, you like to pretend like the war started in 2007. You talk about th...

Sam Stein

Obama Gets Surge Support From Kerry And Feingold

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics


Two of the Senate's most prominent war critics took to the defense of Barack Obama among withering criticism that his opposition to the surge was driv...

Sam Stein

McCain Aide: Obama Is Stubborn Like Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Is Barack Obama an extension of George W. Bush's foreign policy? Aides to John McCain made the argument today in a conference call meant to tout the S...

Obama Takes Surge Criticism Off Website

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


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...

Sam Stein

Obama Camp Works To Put Focus On Afghanistan, Not Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


On Thursday, aides to Barack Obama continued what appears to be a concerted efforts to shift the foreign policy debate from Iraq to Afghanistan. Harpi...