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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (25243)	7/4/2008 12:56:55 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

The republicans are seeking to hang onto anything. They do not seem to understand the difference between "..we will stay there for hundred years" versus "I will refine my policy after meeting with the Generals. Obama continues to maintain that he will insist on troop pullout but how they do it is something that he and the Generals will jointly work out. Bush and McCain have consistently said that they will leave it upto the generals to even decide whether to pull out or not. I don't think that the press should ask a President about the specifics of a troop pullout for it would take refinement of the broad guidance that a President lays out ========================= Obama on defensive about Iraq as he targets Republican strongholds during U.S. holiday The Associated Press Friday, July 4, 2008 WASHINGTON: Barack Obama, who hoped to use U.S. Independence Day holiday campaign stops to woo moderate voters in traditionally Republican territory, found himself instead defending against criticism that he was wavering on his Iraq war policy to win votes. A dustup over war policy ? one of the main issues separating the Illinois senator from his Republican opponent, John McCain ? overshadowed Obama's town-hall meeting with veterans in Republican bastion North Dakota on Thursday. The discussion was supposed to focus on patriotism ? a theme Obama has highlighted much of the week ? and his plans to care for veterans. But questioning turned to Iraq policy and his impending trip there. In a town hall meeting in Fargo, Obama left the impression that his talks with military commanders in Iraq during his upcoming visit to the war-torn country could refine his promise to remove U.S. combat troops within 16 months of taking office. ...contd at iht.com