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On Tuesday, Obama presented his biggest speech on
foreign policy since he entered the race [AFP] |
How will a new president change America's foreign policy?
On Tuesday, Democratic nominee Barack Obama presented his biggest speech on the issue since he entered the race in February 2007.
His focus areas ranged from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Africa and the United Nations and he set out five goals for his presidency: ending the war in Iraq; finishing the war with al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan; ending US oil dependency; securing all nuclear weapons and materials from terrorists and rogue states; and rebuilding US alliances.
He said the US has "paid a price for foreign policy that lectures without listening". Obama's speech came shortly before he is due to embark on a trip to visit Europe as well as Iraq and Afghanistan.
Later that day, in a small town hall meeting, Republican nominee John McCain dedicated nearly 20 minutes to his new strategies for Afghanistan - including sending at least an additional three brigades into Afghanistan and doubling the size of the Afghan army. He also touted his experience as the better candidate for the job.
On Wednesday, Riz Khan looks at what a change in the White House will do to America's foreign policy with voices from different sides of the American political spectrum.
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REG CROWDER
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17/07/2008 |
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The US Candidates on Foreign Policy |
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You did a nice job of illuminating some overlooked aspects of the US presidential campaign in your programme, "Nominees Focus on Foreign Policy."
Clearly, Barack Obama has a sound understanding of America's destructive role in the Middle East. it is good that he sees the folly of the Anglo-American occupation of Iraq. It is sad to hear him suggest that the proper response is to relocate the senseless carnage of Afhanistan.
I am an American citizen, by the way.
But I am also Canadian. |
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