Barack Obama Foreign Policy

Guide Note: Often criticized for lacking experience, Barack Obama has made a point of outlining his plan for foreign policy and diplomacy in his campaign for the 2008 Presidential Election.

Fast Facts:

1. Supports "bringing a responsible end" to the war in Iraq
2. Calls for the "marshaling of a global effort" against WMD's
3. Has publicly denounced Hamas
4. Supports a guest worker program

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. Official Site: Obama Builds Foreign Policy Credentials
2. On the Issues: Barack Obama on Foreign Policy
3. TIME: "Obama's Foreign-Policy Problem" (December 18, 2007)
   • "Foreign policy experience — or rather his lack of it — has been one of the chief arguments used against Barack Obama in his run for the Democratic Presidential nomination"
4. Foreign Affairs: "Renewing American Leadership" (2007)
   • "The American moment is not over, but it must be seized anew. To see American power in terminal decline is to ignore America's great promise and historic purpose in the world"
5. Salon: "How Would Barack Obama Handle Foreign Policy?" (2007)
6. Global Research: "Barack Obama Spells Out his Foreign Policy" (2007)
7. YouTube: Barack Obama Speaks On Foreign Policy, Mideast Peace (Time 09:10)
   
   
   

Barack Obama Foreign Policy Recent News

• Google News: Barack Obama Foreign Policy
• BBC News: Odinga says Obama is his Cousin (January 8, 2008)
• FOX News: "Colin Powell Advises Barack Obama on Foreign Policy" (2007)
  • "[Powell said], 'I've been around this town a long time and I know everybody who is running for office. And I make myself available to talk about foreign policy matters and military matters with whoever wishes to chat with me"
• International Herald Tribune: "Obama's Guide to Leading a 'Post-Post-9/11' America" (2007) 
• International Herald Tribune: "Barack Obama Criticizes Bush as he Outlines Foreign Policy" (2007) 
• NPR: "Foreign Policy Stokes Clinton-Obama Rivalry" (2007)
• Financial Times: "Clinton and Obama Back China Brackdown" (2007)
• Chicago Sun Times: "Obama Talks Tough on Fighting Terror" (2007)
• The Guardian: "Islamabad Hits Back at Obama" (2007)
• Times of India: "Barack Obama Hits Back in Pakistan Row" (2007) 
• Washington Post: "Obama Defends Foreign Policy Talk" (2007)
• Washington Post: "Fact Check: Obama on Afghanistan" (2007)

Barack Obama Foreign Policy Blogs and Commentaries

• SperoNews: Barack Obama on Diplomacy (January 18, 2008)
• Washington Post: The Foreign World of Barack Obama (January 18, 2008) 
• News Leader: "Obama Too Worried About Others' Security" (January 18, 2008)
• Jerusalem Post: "Opinion: Obama is Bot 'Bad for Israel'" (January 16, 2008)
• Salon: "Obama's European Problem" (December 29, 2007)
• China Law Blog: Barack Obama On China. Say It Ain't So...Oh But It Is (December 20, 2007)
• Washington Post: "Obama to Propose Funds for Afghanistan, Harder Line in Pakistan" (2007)
• The Economist: Barack Obama's Foreign Policy (2007)
• Counter Punch: "The Foreign Policy of Barack Obama" (2007)
• China Digital Times: Barack Obama on China (2007)
• Anti War: The Problem with Barack Obama's Israel Pose (2007)
• American Thinker: Barack Obama and Israel (2007)
• TIME: "What Barack Obama Can Do For Africa — and Vice Versa" (2006)

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