Obama Pakistan

Young U.S. Muslims Shift to Democrats This Election

Kyla Cullinane | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

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Kyla Cullinane

"After Bush, many socially conservative Muslims are looking for a president who can balance national security with civil rights. They are particularly offended and outraged by domestic surveillance."

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Obama's Pakistan Comments Draw Protest

Chicago Tribune | Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

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A group of Pakistani-Americans and anti-war advocates delivered a letter to the downtown Chicago offices of Sen. Barack Obama today, calling on him to...

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Right-Wingers Mock Obama's "Ostentatiously Exotic" Pronunciation Of Pakistan

Washington Monthly | Steve Benen | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama pronounces "Pakistan" correctly, with a soft "a," just like a lot of people who know what they're talking about, including Gen. David Pet...

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Jason Linkins

Foreign Policy Prescience: Reality Catches Up With McCain On Pakistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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USA Today, February 21, 2008: JOHN MCCAIN: "Will we risk the confused leadership of an inexperienced candidate who once suggested bombing our ally, P...

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Obama On Hill: Meeting Gilani, Bernanke, House Dems

Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama has a day of private meetings planned on Capitol Hill. MSNBC reports that Obama will meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raz...

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WaPo: Obama Shifting The National Foreign Policy Debate

Washington Post | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama, on his first and likely only overseas trip as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has remade the campaign's foreign po...

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Obama Campaign: McCain Will Fail On Al-Qaeda And Pakistan

Christine Escobar | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home

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Christine Escobar

Obama's approach to the re-emerging threat of Al Qaeda marks a break with the failed Bush policy. Obama would draw in NATO and focus attention where it matters in the war on terror.

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Clinton Camp To Obama: You Need To Answer These Questions

Huffington Post | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

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The Clinton camp has released a memo questioning Sen. Obama's capacity to be Commander-in-Chief: Senator Obama has thus far failed to answer key ques...

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Clinton: Obama Wavers on Foreign Policy

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton characterized rival Barack Obama on Monday as rash and inconsistent on foreign policy issues. Shifting to fo...

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McCain, Obama Battle Over Pakistan

Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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"Sen. John McCain of Arizona, close to clinching the GOP nomination, called Sen. Barack Obama 'naive' today and...blasted him for advocating a bombing...

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Bhutto and the Campaign Pundits' Conventional Wisdom

Lynda Obst | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

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Lynda Obst

Watching the pundits talk and the candidates spin, makes me realize that Pakistan is like the movie business: a real pro admits nobody knows anything.

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Hillary's War

Stephen Elliott | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

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Stephen Elliott

Now we're looking at the rebirth of the Taliban in Afghanistan and a rapidly destabilizing Pakistan. The connections with our failed adventure in Iraq are beyond obvious.

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Four Ways to Deal with the Bhutto Murder

Sherman Yellen | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

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Sherman Yellen

We don't want to hear a word from the Clinton camp about her alleged experience of which she has very little, or from Obama about fresh ideas until he has some.

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U.S. Options for a Post-Bhutto Pakistan

Lionel Beehner | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

The first serious American politician to propose a radical realignment of U.S. policy toward Pakistan was Obama. He was pounced on by the punditry, his statements taken as further evidence he is a foreign policy lightweight.

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