Obama's Plan to "Turn the Page in Iraq" - 09.12.07

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Yesterday before a mixed crowd of college students and community members at Ashford University in Clinton, Ia., Senator Barack Obama read from a policy speech on Iraq that calls for a "surge in diplomacy with all of the nations of the region," and immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq to be completed by the end of next year.

His speech outlined a "surge of diplomacy" to confront mounting humanitarian disasters in Iraq.

During his "Comprehensive Plan to Turn the Page in Iraq," Obama mentioned President Bush many times. He drew a sharp contrast between himself and the president (in a line reminiscent of Hillary Clinton) when he said, "I will be a president who listens to the American people, not a president who ignores them."

He went off-script to repudiate the testimonies of General Petreaus and Ambassador Crocker before the Senate this week when he said, "We are at the same level of violence now that we were in June 2006. That is the improvement that has been made after an additional 30,000 troops and billion dollars have been spent in Iraq ... there may not be immediate, constant warfare on the streets of Baghdad but nobody believes that the dynamics of sectarianism have changed there."

Another impromptu moment came during his pledge for more money to displaced Iraqis. One man in the audience demanded attention for global AIDS funding. The senator finished reading his line and then patiently reminded the man, "We're not talking about global AIDS today, we're talking about Iraq." Obama then included global AIDS near the end of his speech within a list of other challenges that could be met, "when we end this war in Iraq."

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[stevemann42]

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[ashday2011]

i was at this speech, I go to Ashford and love it! Obama is going to be such a great president! i have family who is against him cuz of his religion, and his priorities, I'd rather have barack obama for president over Hillary Clinton.

[MasterSethern]

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[ashday111]

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[ashday111]

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[MasterSethern]

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[ashday111]

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[ashday111]

@MasterSethern It's not all about vacations and sitting on your ass all day...you must just gotten out of high school. what do you do for a job? or what are you going to school for the study of thinking the world is easy, and things are easy for people to do? There are summits and plenty of political gatherings that you have to attended as well as doing your research for these bills, because there are clauses that do come with bills. his job isn't easy yes he may take vacations and

[MasterSethern]

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[MasterSethern]

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[ashday111]

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[MasterSethern]

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