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Senator Barack Obama. Last update - 10:53 29/03/2008 Obama likens his foreign policy to that of Bush Sr., JFK, Reagan By The Associated Press Tags: Foreign Policy  Senator Barack Obama said Friday he would return the country to the more traditional foreign policy efforts of past presidents, such as George H.W. Bush, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. At a town hall event at a local high school gymnasium, Obama praised George H.W. Bush - father of the president - for the way he handled the first Gulf War: with a large coalition and carefully defined objectives. Obama began a six-day bus tour through Pennsylvania, the largest remaining primary prize in the contest with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Sen. John McCain is the Republican nominee-in-waiting. Advertisement "The truth is that my foreign policy is actually a return to the traditional bipartisan realistic policy of George Bush's father, of John F. Kennedy, of, in some ways, Ronald Reagan, and it is George Bush that's been naive and it's people like John McCain and, unfortunately, some Democrats that have facilitated him acting in these naive ways that have caused us so much damage in our reputation around the world," he said. Obama faced criticism in January from Clinton and then-challenger John Edwards for saying Reagan had changed the trajectory of American politics - and that Republicans had been the party of ideas for the last decade or more. In one of the more heated moments of the Democratic debates, Clinton challenged him directly on the topic, saying "those Republican ideas were bad for America, and I was fighting against those ideas." In his speech Friday night, the Illinois senator charged that Clinton, for all her criticism of the current President George W. Bush, has too often gone along with his decisions. "I do think that Sen. Clinton would understand that George Bush's policies have failed, but in many ways she has been captive to the same politics that led her to vote for authorizing the war in Iraq," he said. "Since 9/11 the conventional wisdom has been that you've got to look tough on foreign policy by voting and acting like the Republicans, and I disagree with that." McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said Obama represents an absolute departure from Reagan and other presidents whose strength in the face of an outspoken and determined enemy won the greater peace for a generation. Bookmark to del.icio.us   My land, my country Israeli Arabs mark 32nd Land Day in demonstrations across the country. One voice on Israel It's hard to find differences in U.S. candidates' promises on peace process.   1.   Oh My My... 10:00  |  Jo 29/03/08   2.   Obama`s Foreign Policy 11:57  |  Walt 29/03/08   3.   So Much Hot Air 12:11  |  dyinglikeflies 29/03/08   4.   this guy does not have the balls to confront radical islam no way 13:21  |  seasoned observer 29/03/08   5.   # 1, 2, 4. I am sorry to tell u. The election ain`t about Israel 14:14  |  John 29/03/08   6.   obama is another jimmey carter 16:01  |  JL 29/03/08   7.   Obama`s foreign policy 16:28  |  Gary 29/03/08   8.   Response to 1 16:41  |  Donald 29/03/08   9.   Number 5 is right on! 16:46  |  Tony 29/03/08   10.   Arrogance, Hidden Agenda, Khomeiniism 16:47  |  JJ 29/03/08   11.   Do not trust Obama the traitor 17:31  |  Mac Cain III 29/03/08   12.   Man, Obama sure knows how to give a speech 17:35  |  Annie 29/03/08   13.   H.R.Clinton: THE COMMANDER IN CHEF 17:46  |  d.dor 29/03/08   14.   "Politics as usual" 17:54  |  John 29/03/08   15.   OBAMA PROMISES WAR 18:09  |  Rich 29/03/08   16.   I like Bama he`s a charming guy 18:10  |  Panther Jet 29/03/08   17.   Plus ca change, plus c`est la meme chose 18:27  |  Buzaglow 29/03/08   18.   Oye-va-voy... 18:28  |  Esther 29/03/08   19.   The hell of the life 19:32  |  Di 29/03/08   20.   John 19:37  |  Connie 29/03/08   21.   I hate Hillary and don`t like Obama. Why? gut feeling. 19:43  |  Man deVoshkes 29/03/08   22.   Obama Doesn`t Know What He`s Going To Do 20:30  |  Yosemite 29/03/08   23.   Ronald Reagan? 20:36  |  Yosemite 29/03/08   24.   Obamaless pit 20:43  |  Yariv 29/03/08   25.   likens 20:48  |  Shmuelshachor 29/03/08   26.   this is one scary man 21:19  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/03/08   27.   obama is not clear. 21:24  |  michel 29/03/08   28.   Obama and his crap foreign policy 21:40  |  Brod 29/03/08   29.   Oh crap! 21:40  |  Mark Lincoln 29/03/08   30.   Blather! 23:11  |  Webster 29/03/08   31.   The Way I Think Most Politicians Think 23:40  |  Yosemite 29/03/08   32.   Re Cipora #26 00:20  |  Esther 30/03/08   33.   Have No fear 02:13  |  TOBIA 30/03/08   34.   # 5 John of UK.....not yours either 02:30  |  Joy 30/03/08   35.   Obama Likens His Foreign Policy to that of Bush Sr. and Reagan? 05:38  |  DS 30/03/08   36.   Response to Obama`s Foreign Policy Comment 05:41  |  DS 30/03/08   37.   Dr. King 05:49  |  george 30/03/08   38.   Telling the sheep what they want to hear 06:29  |  PK 30/03/08   39.   HILLARY IS A TOTAL LIAR 10:32  |  indrajaya 30/03/08

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