The Campaign and Foreign Policy
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) launched his presidential campaign emphasizing national security, an issue of top concern for many voters at the time. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) kicked off his candidacy stressing opposition to the increasingly unpopular (PDF) war in Iraq. By the end of their contest, the issues of terrorism and Iraq had faded to distant echoes amid the din of the financial crisis. But national security, as well as a host of related foreign policy ... Full Story »
Posted by Fabrice Florin
I was interested to learn what Obama and McCain DO agree on: they have similar plans for the Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict, and have both proposed sizeable increases in U.S. ground forces, as well as improvements to civilian-military coordination in post-conflict zones.