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President Obama in Cairo

June 4, 2009 - Early this morning President Obama delivered a speech in Cairo, Egypt addressing many in the Middle East.
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President Obama's Remarks from Cairo

June 4, 2009 - President Obama delivered a major speech in Cairo this morning, where he proposed a new beginning for the United States and Muslims around the world, based upon a sustained effort to listen, learn and respect one another.
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Senate Confirmation Hearings: Hillary Clinton

January 13, 2009 - Senator Hillary Clinton is speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee right now as part of her confirmation hearings for Secretary of State.
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Gen. Eric Shinseki Named VA Secretary-Designate

December 8, 2008 - President-elect Barack Obama named General Eric Shinseki (ret.) to the post of Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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Another Former Republican Senator for Obama

October 28, 2008 - In an op-ed printed in the Washington Post this morning, former Maryland Senator Charles Mathias (R) endorsed Senator Barack Obama. Mathias served in the House of Representatives from 1961 until 1969 when he was elected to the U.S. Senate and served until 1987.
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McCain Claims He Hasn't Flipped on Anything from 2000

October 23, 2008 - John McCain told the local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. that ''I'm the same guy'' from 2000, claiming that he hasn't flipped on any issue since his last run for the presidency.
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White House Endorsed CIA Tactics in Memos

October 15, 2008 - The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency's use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects -- documents prompted by worries among intelligence officials about a possible backlash if details of the program became public.
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Count the Lies #106: McCain's Afghanistan Ad Distorts the Record

October 5, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today updated the Count the Lies counter after FactCheck.org said John McCain's latest campaign ad distorted Barack Obama's words and votes. The ad 'recycles a misleading, 14-month-old charge that Sen. Barack Obama disrespected U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan' and 'misrepresents' his votes.
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On John McCain's ''Suspended'' Campaign

September 25, 2008 - Senior adviser Brad Woodhouse appeared on MSNBC this afternoon and took John McCain to task for his political stunt. Numerous reports show that McCain's campaign offices across the nation are still operating as normal, and within hours of his 'suspension' announcement, McCain surrogates were on cable news programs attacking Senator Barack Obama.
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Pentagon Says Strategy in Afghanistan Not Working

September 10, 2008 - In Afghanistan, the war that McCain conveniently forgot recently, the Pentagon admitted that the strategy to combat those who actually attacked us on 9/11 is not working. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen says he is not convinced we are winning in Afghanistan.
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American Voices Program

August 28, 2008 - Real Americans speak about their support for Barack Obama.
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Sen. Tom Daschle

August 27, 2008 - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle talks about the distraction the Bush administration sent the nation.
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller

August 27, 2008 - West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, comments on the Bush administration's failure to capture Osama bin Laden.
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Rear Admiral John Hutson (Ret.)

August 26, 2008 - Rear Admiral John Hutson (ret.) says ''the 'Grand Old Party' is no longer grand. It’s just old. The same old, failed policies. The same, old Washington culture.''
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First Major Conflict Since 9/11?

July 24, 2008 - In the now infamous interview between CBS' Katie Couric and John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee apparently believes the war in Afghanistan, where the 9/11 attacks originated, is not a "major conflict." Couric: Sen. Obama also told me, Sen. McCain,...
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McCain Flips on Afghanistan, Echoes Obama Position

July 15, 2008 - Campaigning in New Mexico this afternoon, John McCain flipped on increasing American forces in Afghanistan: Part way into his speech today about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and national security, Republican presidential contender John McCain said this: "Our commanders...
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Third Bush Term

July 15, 2008 - George Bush, March 13, 2006: We have a comprehensive strategy for victory in Iraq -- a strategy I laid out in a series of speeches last year. John McCain, July 15, 2008: And if I'm elected President, I will turn...
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