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- Obama a big hit in Germany 25 Jul 2008 06:56 GMT
... supporters cheered and snapped pictures outside. The Illinois senator was also due to see Foreign ... the continent if elected, including a stronger military commitment in Afghanistan, where Obama started his tour ...
- McCain looking for a break 25 Jul 2008 06:37 GMT
... wisdom of his pledge to remove U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking ... timing. At one stop, the senator from Illinois was filmed in a Kuwaiti gym shooting ... the Awakening, which started months before the military buildup, forced a day of explanations from ...
- McCain denies misstating the timing of Iraq surge 25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT
... began before the president’s order for more troops. It’s all a matter of semantics, he ... matter of semantics, he suggested. McCain said Army Col. Sean MacFarland started carrying out elements of ... opponent as naive on Iraq while the Illinois Democrat is visiting the war zone, the ...
- Obama: Work globally 25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT
... Middle East and Europe. Polls show the Illinois senator doesn't fare as well among voters ... with Europeans. Germany has more than 3,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, mostly in the relatively peaceful north, ...
- Obama urges US-Europe partnership to face global threats - Summary 25 Jul 2008 06:32 GMT
... for a new nuclear disarmament drive. The Illinois senator was making the major foreign policy ... made clear he saw the major US military challenge in Afghanistan and called for greater ... adding that the Afghan people needed German troops. The German troop contribution to Afghanistan, currently ...
- Air strikes will not do trick: Obama on Iran 25 Jul 2008 06:32 GMT
... Obama said Wednesday all options, diplomatic and military, should be considered to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, but that air strikes alone would not ... told ABC News. The Democratic senator for Illinois, in his interview from Jerusalem, was referring ...
- In Berlin, Obama speaks to more than 200,000 25 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... survey the view. For his arrival, the Illinois senator, dressed in a business suit, walked ... his planned visit Friday morning to U.S. military personnel at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center ... inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part ...
- New Hampshre / Pennsylvania / Wisconsin > Ich bin ein - how do you say it? 25 Jul 2008 05:53 GMT
... Obama of voting against allocating money for military troops. "When it came time to act, ... can't rise above politics to support our soldiers in a time of war, then how ... says that while a state senator in Illinois, "he passed a law that helped reduce ...
- Obama seeks to strengthen frayed US ties with Europe  25 Jul 2008 05:50 GMT
... an influential voice on foreign policy and military matters. He is making national security a ... that Obama, a 46-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, lacks the foreign affairs seasoning to serve ... war and has vowed to pull US troops out of the country. But he is ...
- Helicopter that's seen better days to be restored 25 Jul 2008 05:49 GMT
... VVA Chapter 215 said he contacted the Military Donations service in Illinois to locate it, and then it was ... the subject of the book "We Were Soldiers ... And Young" by Harold G. Moore ...
- Pakistani Minister Endorses Obama Plan for Afghanistan 25 Jul 2008 05:46 GMT
... to shift the focus of the American military to Afghanistan from Iraq. "If there is ... in Afghanistan." Mr. Obama has said American troops should be shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan, ... battlefield in the struggle against terrorism. The Illinois senator said earlier this month that he ...
- Obama's European Love Parade 25 Jul 2008 05:14 GMT
... utopian globalist worldview. The junior senator from Illinois promised to beat American swords into European ... interest. that the creation of a European army, one which may undermine NATO, is good ... however, is its lack of a credible military capability. As a result, Europeans are working ...
- 200,000 gather to hear Obama's speech in Germany 25 Jul 2008 05:13 GMT
... in our security and our future.” The Illinois Democrat added: “Both views miss the truth.” ... spoke directly on the need for more soldiers to fight in Afghanistan, a politically unpopular ... and to halt the spread of nuclear weapons – and when he mentioned Washington’s failures ...
- Work globally 25 Jul 2008 05:11 GMT
... Middle East and Europe. Polls show the Illinois senator doesn't fare as well among voters ... with Europeans. Germany has more than 3,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, mostly in the relatively peaceful north, ...
- Obituaries - Friday, July 25, 2008 25 Jul 2008 05:08 GMT
... O'Dell McMillion. Mr. McMillion was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during World War II, and ... survived by one son, Edward Chrysler of Illinois; seven sisters, Alice Basham of Jumping Branch, ...
- Frelinghuysen Says Iraqis Assuming More Control 25 Jul 2008 04:48 GMT
... stepping up to the plate." More Iraqi soldiers are being trained, he said, and the ... one by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. Signaled skepticism But Frelinghuysen ... elections. Bush and congressional Republican argue that military leaders, not politicians, are best equipped to ...
- NEWS FROM NIGERIA ON THE RECOVERY OF THE STOLEN BENIN ARTEFACTS 25 Jul 2008 04:47 GMT
... British soldiers of the infamous Punitive Expedition of 1897 proudly ... last week at Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA will run till September 21, 2008. ...
- An Edible Ornament 25 Jul 2008 04:42 GMT
... of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, coordinated the Berkeley Youth Alternatives garden ... gun of the nation" had been fired. Soldiers, sailors and Marines marched up Market Street ... of Education launched the U.S. School Garden Army with War Department funding. Participating students, called ...
- Remembering the victory garden 25 Jul 2008 04:36 GMT
... of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, coordinated the Berkeley Youth Alternatives garden ... gun of the nation" had been fired. Soldiers, sailors and Marines marched up Market Street ... of Education launched the U.S. School Garden Army with War Department funding. Participating students, called ...
- Berlin Awaits the 'Next JFK' 25 Jul 2008 04:35 GMT
... wave in welcoming the junior Senator from Illinois, who visits on Thursday. Democratic presidential hopeful ... dampen enthusiasm, such as demanding more German soldiers to be deployed in Afghanistan — a military mission he hopes to expand. "Obama will ...
- More U.S. troops may help but not solve Afghanistan 25 Jul 2008 04:35 GMT
... problems facing Afghanistan require much more than military solutions. A big increase in the number of Afghan soldiers and police, many more foreign trainers to ... around 7,000 troops. The Democratic senator from Illinois has pledged to send them quickly as ...
- Obama urges US-Europe partnership to face global threats 25 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... for a new nuclear disarmament drive. The Illinois senator was making the major foreign policy ... made clear he saw the major US military challenge in Afghanistan and called for greater ... adding that the Afghan people needed German troops. The German troop contribution to Afghanistan, currently ...
- OBAMA HEADS FOR PARIS FOR SARKOZY MEETING 25 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT
... did not detail his agenda, but the Illinois senator was expected to land at Le ... aid from Mr. Obama," particularly a stronger military commitment in Afghanistan, where Obama started his tour ...
- Missing the Symbolism of Obama's Visit to Sderot, Israel 25 Jul 2008 02:27 GMT
... looking for balance (and few were), the Illinois Senator spent forty-five minutes with Palestinian President ... it tried a diplomatic rather than a military solution to the problem of violence emanating from ...
- Battling Your Way to the Top 25 Jul 2008 02:22 GMT
... the marker honoring former NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman at Forward Operating Base (FOB) ... himself anymore. Rookie Rashard Mendenhall out of Illinois has yet to sign his deal, but ...
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