Barack Obama’s speech Thursday in Germany may have grabbed the attention of the crowd of 200,000 with its outline of his world view, but his introduction was enough to catch attention back home.
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Secret Service Requests More Money for Protecting Candidates
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WASHINGTON — The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year for the agency’s campaign security job.
Read more »Hagel Urges Candidates to Stop Arguing Over Troop Surge
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OMAHA, Neb. — Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, fresh from an Iraq trip with Democrat Barack Obama, said the presidential candidates should focus on the war’s future and stop arguing over the success of last year’s troop surge.
Hagel mentioned both candidates, but his comments seemed directed at Republican John McCain. McCain, while Obama traveled the Middle East, attacked Obama for opposing the military escalation last year that increased security in Iraq.
Cindy Sheehan Set to Challenge Pelosi
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Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is set to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for her California congressional seat.
After filing papers for the seat in April, Sheehan told The National Press Club Thursday she’s going through with her campaign plans.
Sheehan, a California resident without a party affiliation, accused Pelosi of “signing blank checks” funding the Bush administration and being their “accomplice.”
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Obama Cancels Visit to U.S. Troops in Germany
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Barack Obama’s campaign said Thursday that the Illinois senator opted not to visit U.S. troops at military facilities in Germany because it would be “inappropriate” to make such a stop on the campaign-funded leg of his trip.
The German magazine Der Spiegel reported earlier that Obama canceled a visit to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a military hospital in Germany, and the Ramstein Air Base.
The report came as Obama prepared to speak to thousands at a high-profile address in Berlin.
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Should Your Vote Still Count if You’re Dead?
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If you vote by mail, but die before Election Day, does your vote count? It depends on where you lived.
Oregon counts ballots no matter what happens to the voter. So does Florida. But in South Dakota, if you die before the election, so does your vote.
Increasingly popular mail-in ballots mean voters can now choose candidates up to 60 days before an election, raising new questions about an age-old phenomenon normally associated with chicanery in places like Chicago: What should be done with the ballots of the recently dead?
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RAW DATA: Transcript of Obama’s Speech in Berlin
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Transcript of Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin
Obama: Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you to the citizens of Berlin…
… and thank you to the people of Germany.
Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you, Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thanks to all of you for this extraordinary welcome. Thank you.
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FOX News Poll: No Bounce for Obama From Overseas Trip
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By Dana Blanton
The significant news coverage Barack Obama is receiving on his foreign trip has not translated into a bounce in his numbers, a just-released FOX News poll shows. Obama now holds the slimmest possible edge over John McCain, leading by just 41 percent - 40 percent in a head-to-head contest. In fact, Obama’s support is down slightly from his 45 percent - 41 percent advantage last month.
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FOX News Poll: Does Obama Get Better Treatment by the Press?
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By Ernie Paicopolos
As Barack Obama travels abroad, Americans seem to think most members of the media are in line with his message, according to the latest FOX News poll.
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans (67 percent) say they believe most in the media want Obama to win the November election-while a scant 11 percent think the media are pulling for John McCain. Moreover, only about 1 in 10 (11 percent) volunteers the belief that the media is neutral on the race to become the 44th President of the United States.
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McCotter Op Ed in German Paper Questions Obama’s Approach to Liberty
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House Republican Policy Chairman Thaddeus McCotter on Thursday attacked Barack Obama for his use of a “pragmatic populist approach to the advancement of human liberty.”
In an op-ed article for the Berlin-based German newspaper, Die Welt, McCotter, writing in German, said it is ironic Obama would speak in Berlin about the relationship between the U.S. and Europe when he has yet to grasp the fundamental bond that constitutes that relationship.
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