Obama's Summary Of Issues Agenda


	Obama's Summary Of Issues Agenda

merrie

11-14-2008 2:04 AM

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obama's agenda, climate, energy independence, health care, fiscal crisis, children's education, america's image, fight against islamic extremism

merrie says:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ who attacked us on 9/11~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

I am not reassured.

And dare we ask - does Obama have a plan for finishing US involvement in Kosovo?

Currently we are slated to be there for at least late 2009:

Defense Chief Robert Gates Says Presence Still Important In Wake Of Russia-Georgia War

(AP) The United States will continue its troop presence in Kosovo until at least late next year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said just before he arrived here Tuesday, reaffirming U.S. support for the world's newest nation in the face of stern opposition from Russia.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/07/world/main4505480.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4505480

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climate change and achieve energy independence; overhauling its massive
health care system; undoing all of the tax changes Bush signed into law
and, in the process, addressing the country’s long-term fiscal crisis;
beginning unprecedented levels of investment in young children’s
education and well-being; repairing America’s image in the world and,
in the process, finishing the fight against Islamic extremism. </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2008/11/making-me-nervo.html"><P>"Finishing" the fight against Islamic extremism?  Obama has repeatedly promised to "end" the war in Iraq without ever committing to win it.  Is this idea of "finishing" the war against Islamic terrorism cut from the same rhetorical cloth?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2008/11/making-me-nervo.html"><P>At Obama's website the <A href="http://www.barackobama.com/issues/">summary "Issues" page</A> includes this:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2008/11/making-me-nervo.html">Obama will refocus our resources on al Qaeda in Afghanistan and finish the fight with the terrorists</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/117B8058-E390-47B5-9A11-A87C31498BF3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>