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20080516
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Opinion
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 John
McCain -  Clinton
-  Obama
-  US
- 2008
Election -  Israel
-  Palestine
- Military
-  Terrorism
-  Politics
- "[McCain]
Hypocrisy on Hamas: McCain Was for Talking Before
He Was Against It." ... "Two years ago, just after Hamas won the Palestinian
parliamentary elections, I interviewed [2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate John] McCain for the British network Sky News's "World News Tonight"
program. Here is the crucial part of our exchange:" ... "I asked: "Do you
think that American diplomats should be operating the way they have in
the past, working with the Palestinian government if Hamas is now in charge?""
... "McCain answered: "They're the government; sooner or later we are going
to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this
administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards
Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they
not only espouse but practice, so . . . but it's a new reality in the Middle
East. I think the lesson is people want security and a decent life and
decent future, that they want democracy. Fatah was not giving them that.""
... "Given that exchange, the new John McCain might say that Hamas should
be rooting for the old John McCain to win the presidential election. The
old John McCain, it appears, was ready to do business with a Hamas-led
government, while both [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidates
Hillary] Clinton and [Barack] Obama have said that Hamas must change its
policies toward Israel and terrorism before it can have diplomatic relations
with the United States." ... "Even if McCain had not favored doing business
with Hamas two years ago, he had no business smearing Barack Obama. But
given his stated position then, it is either the height of hypocrisy or
a case of political amnesia for McCain to inject Hamas into the American
election." -By James P. Rubin
-WashingtonPost
 WATCH
"McCain on Hamas in 2006: Going to Have to Deal With Them."
John McCain: "They're the government; and sooner or later we are going
to have to deal with them, in one way or another, and I understand why
this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards
Hamas is because of their dedication to violence and the the things that
they not only espouse but practice, so . . . but it's a new reality in
the Middle East. And I think the lesson is people want security and a decent
life and decent future, then they want democracy. Fatah was not giving
them that."
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Barack
Obama - Hillary
Clinton -
 New
York
-  South
Dakota -  Illinois
-  Nevada
-  California
- US
- Israel
-  Iran
-  Syria
- Military
- Terrorism
- Politics
-  History
- 2008
Election - "Bush
Assails ‘Appeasement,’ Touching Off Storm." ... "[Republican]
President Bush used a speech to the Israeli Parliament on Thursday to liken
those who would negotiate with “terrorists and radicals” to appeasers of
the Nazis — a remark widely interpreted as a rebuke to [2008 Election Democratic
Presidential Candidate and Illinois] Senator Barack Obama, who has advocated
greater engagement with countries like Iran and Syria." ... "The comments
created an angry tussle back home, as Democrats accused Mr. Bush of breaching
protocol by playing partisan politics overseas." ... "Mr. Obama delivered
a quick and pointed response, saying in an e-mail statement to reporters
that he had no intention of dealing with terrorists and accusing Mr. Bush
of using his visit, timed for the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence,
to “launch a false political attack.”" ... "On Thursday, other Democrats
leapt to the Illinois senator’s defense. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada,
the Democratic leader, called Mr. Bush’s remarks “reckless and irresponsible.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said Mr. Bush had behaved in a manner
“beneath the dignity of the office of president.” Representative Rahm Emanuel
of Illinois, chairman of the House Democratic caucus, accused Mr. Bush
of violating the unwritten rule against playing politics overseas." ...
"[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and New York] Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mr. Obama’s rival for the Democratic presidential
nomination, joined him in taking issue with Mr. Bush. Weighing in from
South Dakota, Mrs. Clinton said: “President Bush’s comparison of any Democrat
to Nazi appeasers is offensive and outrageous, especially in the light
of his failures in foreign policy. This is the kind of statement that has
no place in any presidential address.”" -By Sheryl
Gay Stolberg and Jim
Rutenberg -NYTimes
WATCH
Pelosi's comment on Bush's criticism of Democrats while in Israel,
"What the President did in that regard is beneath the dignity of the office
of the President and unworthy of our representation at that observance
in Israel. And I would hope that any serious person would disassociate
themselves from the President's remarks who aspires to leadership in our
country."
20080514
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John
McCain - Hillary
Clinton - Barack
Obama - US-
 Iraq
-  Afghanistan
- Military
-  People
-  Money
-  Legislation
- Politics
- 2008
Election -  Ariz
- Ill
- NY
- "McCain,
Military Oppose Expanding GI Bill." ... "[2008 Election
Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain,
R-Ariz. [Republican-Arizona], the presumptive Republican presidential nominee,
seemed to give a thumbs down to bipartisan legislation that would greatly
expand educational benefits for members of the military returning from
Iraq and Afghanistan under the GI Bill." ... "Both [2008 Election] Democratic
presidential candidates — Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill. [Democratic-Illinois],
and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. [Democratic-New York], — have signed on as
co-sponsors, and the bill has gained bipartisan support from 54 senators
on Capitol Hill in addition to [Virginia Democratic Senator Jim] Webb.
A vote on the proposal is expected before the summer." ... "But the bill,
which would dramatically increase educational compensation for American
troops, has run into some unexpected resistance, both at the Pentagon and
now from McCain, who has remained silent on the issue, saying he had not
studied the bill close enough." ... "Pressure had mounted on McCain to
support the bill — a veterans group, which backs the legislation, delivered
a petition to McCain's Senate office, signed by 30,000 veterans." ... "[Matt]
Flavin joined the military out of patriotism shortly after 9/11, went to
Officer Candidate School and, over the next five years, served tours in
Bosnia, Afghanistan and with Naval special forces in Iraq." ... "While
he did not join the military specifically to get benefits from the GI Bill
and does not think most troops do, Flavin supports the legislation." ...
""We owe them something," Flavin said of his comrades. "They've given life,
limb, everything there is to give. The people who bore the most pain and
suffering are the people who could use these benefits."" (1, 2,
3)
-By Z. Byron Wolf with contributions by Bret Hovell
-ABCNEWS.com
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- Military
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- Israel
- Consumer
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- "Bush
Says He's Not A Golfer In Wartime." ... "[Republican]
President Bush said yesterday that he gave up golfing in 2003 "in solidarity"
with the families of soldiers who were dying in Iraq, concluding that it
was "just not worth it anymore" to play the sport in a time of war." ...
"Democrats have criticized Bush for allegedly not requiring Americans to
sacrifice enough while waging wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and for urging
people to keep shopping as a way to fight terrorism after the [September]
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Bush was also widely criticized in August 2002
when he decried terrorist bombings in Israel while golfing and then told
reporters: "Now watch this drive."" ... "... [Presidential historian Robert]
Dallek, who is critical of the current president's legacy, said Bush's
remarks about Iraq "speak to his shallowness." Dallek added: "That's his
idea of sacrifice, to give up golf?"" -By Dan Eggen
-WashingtonPost
 WATCH:
"Now watch this drive," video of Republican President Bush golfing
immediately after explaining that "We must stop the terror. I call upon
all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers,
thank you. Now watch this drive."
20080511
-
John
McCain -
 Rick
Davis -  Myanmar
[Burma] - Military
- Money
- Politics
- DCI
Group - US
- 2008
Election - "A
Second McCain Aide Resigns." ... "Doug Davenport,
the [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain's] regional
campaign manager for the mid-Atlantic states, founded the DCI Group's lobbying
practice and oversaw the contract with Myanmar [Burma] in 2002." ... ""Doug
has tendered his resignation and we have accepted it," Jill Hazelbaker,
McCain's communications director, wrote in a e-mail." ... "He joins former
DCI Group CEO Doug Goodyear, who resigned yesterday from the post of convention
CEO after Newsweek reported that DCI was paid more than $300,000 to represent
Myanmar's ruling junta." ... "Goodyear and Davenport were recruited by
McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, who has been accused by some current
and former McCain advisers of take insufficient care of McCain's reformer
brand by appointing lobbyists to key positions. Ironically, as Newsweek
reported, Goodyear was asked to become convention CEO after Davis's lobbying
firm partner, Paul Manafort, was nixed because of his own close ties to
foreign governments and controversial companies."
-Marc Ambinder -TheAtlantic.com
20080510
-
Barack
Obama - John
McCain - 2008
Election -
 Oregon
-  Energy
-  Technology
- US
- Iraq
- Military
-  Health
Care - "Obama
eager to campaign with McCain." ... "Acting even
more like he has clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, [2008
Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Barack Obama said on Saturday
he would be willing to campaign jointly with Republican [2008 Election
Presidential Candidate] John McCain and acknowledged he needed to better
introduce himself to Americans." ... "After a stop at a solar technology
company in this central Oregon town [Bend, Oregon], Obama was asked if
he supported a suggestion that he campaign with McCain and hold joint town
hall meetings in the run-up to the November [2008] general election." ...
""I think that's a great idea. Obviously we'd have to think through the
logistics on this," Obama said. "Should I be the nominee, if I have the
opportunity to debate substantive issues before the voters with John McCain,
that's something I'm going to welcome."" ... "Obama, who took a commanding
lead in the Democratic race last week, said he looked forward to pointing
out his differences with McCain, including views on the energy crisis,
the Iraq war and health care." ... ""We haven't finished this primary yet
so it's premature to start projecting how the general election's going
to play out," he said at the news conference." (1, 2,
3)
-By Deborah Charles wtih contributions by by Chris
Baltimore and Todd Eastham -Reuters
-
John
McCain - Burma
[Myanmar] - Military
- Money
- Politics
- DCI
Group - Marketing
- Human
Rights - Oil
- Arizona
- US
- 2008
Election - Saint
Paul -
 Minn
- "McCain's
Convention Chair Worked for Burma's Military Junta."
... "John McCain's choice to manage the GOP convention this summer is lobbyist
Doug Goodyear, whose firm once represented Burma's repressive regime."
... "After [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain
nailed down the Republican nomination in March, his campaign began wrestling
with a sensitive personnel issue: who would manage this summer's GOP convention
in St. Paul, Minn. [Minnesota]? The campaign recently tapped Doug Goodyear
for the job, a veteran operative and Arizonan who was chosen for his "management
experience and expertise," according to McCain press secretary Jill Hazelbaker.
But some allies worry that Goodyear's selection could fuel perceptions
that McCain—who has portrayed himself as a crusader against special interests—is
surrounded by lobbyists. Goodyear is CEO of DCI Group, a consulting firm
that earned $3 million last year lobbying for ExxonMobil [oil corporation],
General Motors and other clients." ... "Potentially more problematic: the
firm was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent Burma's military junta, which
had been strongly condemned by the State Department for its human-rights
record and remains in power today. Justice Department lobbying records
show DCI pushed to "begin a dialogue of political reconciliation" with
the regime. It also led a PR [public relations] campaign to burnish the
junta's image, drafting releases praising Burma's efforts to curb the drug
trade and denouncing "falsehoods" by the [Republican President] Bush administration
that the regime engaged in rape and other abuses. " -By
Michael Isikoff -Newsweek
20080509
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US
- Iraq
- MRAPs
-
 Vehicles
- "Military
adds armor to vehicles as roadside bombs surge."
... "The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant
vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in
armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, The Associated Press has
learned." ... "The surge in attacks is putting the mine-resistant, ambush-protected
vehicles (MRAPs) to the test, and so far they are largely passing. Statistics
reviewed by the AP show that while bombings involving the deadly penetrating
explosives have jumped by about 40 percent in the past three months, deaths
in such bombings have dropped by as much as 17 percent." ... "Officials
attribute much of the decline in deaths to the increased use of MRAPs,
pronounced "M-raps." To date, about a half-dozen troops have died in incidents
that involved the new bomb-resistant vehicles, and several of those deaths
occurred in rollovers rather than from explosives penetrating the armor."
-By Lolita C. Baldor and Chelsea Carter
-AP via -SeattleTimes
20080508
-
Barack
Obama - John
McCain - 2008
Election - Military
- Terrorism
- Israel
- Palestine
- Iraq
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 Pakistan
- US
-  Indiana
-  North
Carolina - "Obama:
McCain is 'losing his bearings'." ... "[2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidate] Barack Obama chastised [2008 Election
Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain Thursday for engaging in
“smear” politics, and defended himself from critics who question whether
he is capable of being commander-in-chief, during a wide-ranging interview
with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer — his first sit-down since the Indiana and North
Carolina primaries." ... "“This is offensive, and I think it's disappointing,”
Obama told Blitzer, when asked his thoughts about McCain’s comments that
the terrorist organization Hamas wants Obama to be president. “Because
John McCain always says ‘I am not going to run that kind of politics,’
and to engage in that kind of smear is unfortunate, particularly because
my policy toward Hamas has been no different than his." ... "“I’ve said
it’s a terrorist organization and we should not negotiate with them unless
they recognize Israel, renounce violence, and unless they are willing to
abide by previous accords between the Palestinians and the Israelis. So
for him to toss out comments like that I think is an example of him losing
his bearings as he pursues this nomination. We don’t need name calling
in this debate.”" ... "(Related: Obama:
World wants to see U.S. lead)" ... "On the topic of national security,
Obama said that the American people are looking for a leader with “good
judgment” — a trait the Democratic presidential hopeful said he possessed."
... "“Whether it’s my judgment on Iraq and recognizing that that was going
to be a strategic blunder, to my insistence that we need to talk not just
to countries we like, but countries we don’t, to my assessment in terms
of how we had over-invested in the Musharraf government in Pakistan and
that was going to be setting us up for failure later on,” Obama said. “I
think I’ve consistently displayed the kind of judgment that the American
people are looking for in the next president.”" -By
Mark Preston and Alexander Mooney -CNN
20080507
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US
- Iraq
- Afghanistan
- Military
- People
- Politics
- "U.S.
deploys more than 43,000 unfit for combat." ... "More
than 43,000 U.S. [United States] troops listed as medically unfit for combat
in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since
2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show." ... "This reliance on troops
found medically "non-deployable" is another sign of stress placed on a
military that has sent 1.6 million servicemembers to the war zones, soldier
advocacy groups say." ... ""It is a consequence of the consistent churning
of our troops," said Bobby Muller, president of Veterans For America. "They
are repeatedly exposed to high-intensity combat with insufficient time
at home to rest and heal before redeploying."" ... "The numbers of non-deployable
soldiers are based on health assessment forms filled out by medical personnel
at each military installation before a servicemember's deployment." -By
Gregg Zoroya -USATODAY
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... "The former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq took aim at Bernard Kerik
in an exclusive interview with the Daily News Sunday, calling his efforts
to train Iraqi police in 2003 "a waste of time and effort."" ... "Retired
[Lieutenant General] Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top military leader
in Iraq from June 2003 to June 2004, blasted the former police commissioner
for failing to produce results while Kerik was the interim minister of
interior in 2003." ... ""I would be hard-pressed to identify a major national-level
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