By Lt. General Robert G. Gard - Steering Committee Chairman, Veterans for Obama
The controversy over my colleague General Wesley Clark’s comments on John McCain have generated a lot of media comment, much of it negative. I have known General Clark for many years: we served in the same Army and for the same country. He’s [...]
Jon Soltz, Huffington Post: Right On, General Clark. Do Not Back Down.
Boy, talk about your echo chamber in the media. Yesterday, General Wesley Clark went on CBS’ Face the Nation, and repeated something he’s said many times before. If you missed it, here’s the full quote in context :
Bob Schieffer: Well you, you went so [...]
This year, we’re facing the most important election in a generation. As Americans, we must ask ourselves which candidate will bring about the change our country so desperately needs. In my opinion, Barack Obama is the only candidate with the judgment to move our country forward.
The disastrous consequences of George W. Bush’s poor judgment [...]
From VetVoice.com
By Brandon Friedman
John McCain says that it would take an “all-out World War III” before he’d call to reinstate the draft. As it turns out, however, McCain suggested two years ago that we were, indeed, already in World War III.
McCain yesterday:
John McCain was asked by a mother of two sons if he [...]
(Washington Post, 6/18/08)
By Perry Bacon Jr.
Interviewed in April about his role advising Barack Obama on foreign policy, former national security adviser Anthony Lake said, “I’m one of the few bald heads.”
“Most of the folks we brought in are in their 40s. They had some experience in the Clinton administration, but I think they are the [...]
(CNN) — While Sen. Barack Obama says he’ll visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the election, he’s staying consistent with his plans to start withdrawing U.S. troops almost immediately should he become president.
Obama says the need to withdraw troops is twofold:
“One is to spur more action out of the Iraqis. … But the second reason [...]
Gen. Clark takes on McCain’s foreign policy experience on “Morning Joe” on MSNBC:
Obama’s speech last month in West Virginia about his commitment to veterans.
Via Think Progress:
In an interview on NBC’s Today Show, host Matt Lauer asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about his support for the war in Iraq. Noting that violence has decreased in Iraq, Lauer asked if McCain has a better “estimate” of when he would withdraw troops from the country. “No, but that’s not too important,” [...]
Fellow veteran Sen. Jim Webb talks to Jon Stewart about the new G.I. Bill, and John McCain’s failure to support it. Both Senators’ college tuitions were paid for by the G.I. Bill.
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