Senator Barack Obama began his speech first by declaring that this was not a political speech.
“I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before, not as a candidate for president but as a citizen, a proud citizen of the United States and a fellow citizen of the world,” he said.
And then, he felt he had to introduce himself.
JERUSALEM — With a fanfare typically accorded to a visiting head of state, Senator Barack Obama dashed through a series of meetings with leaders on both sides of the Middle East conflict on Wednesday, saying it was in Israel’s interest to find peace with the Palestinians. Yet he made clear that Israel should be able to defend itself.
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BAGHDAD, July 21 —Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama received a red carpet welcome from Iraq’s government Monday, and shortly afterward a government spokesman declared that it would like U.S. combat forces to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2010 — around eight months later than Obama’s proposal.
PIKESVILLE, Md. — If Senator John McCain’s radical plan for remaking American health care is to work, he will have to find a way to cover people like Chaim Benamor, 52, a self-employed renovator in this Baltimore suburb. Mr. Benamor never found it necessary to buy insurance before having a mild heart attack last year and now, 13 years shy of Medicare, has little hope of doing so.
WASHINGTON — With no end in sight to the turbulence in the housing and financial markets, the chairman of the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday morning that it would issue new lending rules next week to restrict exotic mortgages and high-cost loans for people with weak credit.
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