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Point/Counterpoint: The candidates on foreign policy

On foreign policy, which candidate offers the best plan for the country?

Published Friday, October 31, 2008

Obama

By Matthew Ellison

While many voters are choosing Barack Obama because they prefer his domestic policies to John McCain’s, his foreign policies are also much better.

Obama was against the tragically misguided Iraq War from the start, while McCain said it would be easy. Moving forward, Obama is the only candidate with a plan to redeploy our troops responsibly and focus on the political and economic solutions needed to maintain peace and stability as we leave. His support of a timeline is shared by the Iraqi government and even the Bush administration....

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