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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (35846)7/21/2008 10:09:29 PM
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Obama Polishes Foreign-Policy Credentials in Mideast (Update1)

By Julianna Goldman and Janine Zacharia

July 22 (Bloomberg) -- Middle Eastern and European leaders are lining up to hear what Barack Obama has to say on his seven- country tour this week. For his presidential campaign, what he says on the trip may not be as important as the photos and videos it produces.

``The visual images will say that he can play in the major leagues, and that will be very important for him,'' said Lee Hamilton, a former Democratic congressman from Indiana and one of Obama's foreign-policy advisers.

Obama, 46, is to arrive in Jordan today after stops in Afghanistan and Iraq, where leaders of both countries offered implicit support for him.

Before their meeting, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Obama's plan to withdraw U.S. troops within 16 months was ``the correct period of time,'' though a spokesman later said the comment wasn't intended as an endorsement. After Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai met Obama, a spokesman for the president said he expected to have a ``strong partner'' in the White House no matter who wins the U.S. election.

Maliki told Obama and two other senators visiting Baghdad yesterday that he hopes U.S. combat troops will be able to leave Iraq by 2010, according to a statement issued by the three.

``The prime minister said that now is an appropriate time to start to plan for the reorganization of our troops in Iraq, including their numbers and missions,'' the senators said.
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