http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obamavisit/ en-us Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:51:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219812/posts On her first visit to Britain since husband Barack became US president, Michelle Obama dazzled London with her signature classic style Wednesday, leading one newspaper to dub her "Mighty Michelle". The First Lady accompanied her husband to Downing Street first thing for breakfast with British premier Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah before the men discussed Thursday's G20 summit and the women visited a cancer care centre. Later, she was to meet "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling when she sits next to her at a pre-summit dinner. Michelle Obama's understated chic has injected a welcome dash of class into the... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219812/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167047/posts As challenges mount, ardor for Obama cools abroad By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer Barack Obama got a global standing ovation long before he was elected president. But in a fickle and fast-moving world, the overseas reviews are already turning mixed. Though much of the world will party through the night Tuesday after Obama is sworn in as America's 44th president — just as it did when he was elected — there are signs the ardor is cooling as the sheer weight of his challenges sinks in. A deepening global recession, new hostilities in the Middle East, complications in... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167047/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:51:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121309/posts Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama paid a German company nearly $700,000 for staging, sound and lighting services at the time [Note] CQ [/NOTE] he delivered a speech this summer in Berlin and declared himself a citizen of both the U.S. and the world. Billed as a highlight of Mr. Obama's July trip to Europe, the speech [-] delivered before hundreds of thousands of people in front of the historic Victory Column in Tiergarten [-] was organized by the Berlin-based company Mediapool, opening much like a rock concert, with warm-up performances from the band Reamonn and reggae singer Patrice. The... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121309/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 00:30:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121159/posts Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama paid a German company nearly $700,000 for staging, sound and lighting services at a time he delivered a speech this summer in which he declared himself a “citizen” of both the U.S. and the world. Billed as a highlight of Mr. Obama's July trip to Europe, the speech - to hundreds of thousands of people in front of the historic Victory Column in Tiergarten - was organized by the Berlin-based company Mediapool, opening much like a rock concert, with warm-up performances from the band Reamonn and reggae singer Patrice. The German company, whose Web... washingtontimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121159/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:36:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108283/posts Iraqis want victory in the war; Obama wants victory in the election.The status of forces agreement (SOFA) can be regarded as the crown jewel of the U.S.-led change in Iraq. ItÂ’s not an overstatement to say that it represents an aspect of victory in this war. By victory I mean that it will mark the beginning of a time in which Iraq is officially a partner of the U.S., as it will join Iraq and the U.S. in a new relationship that serves the national interests of both countries. Above all, it will be a major boost for the effort... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108283/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:22:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103680/posts The Statement: Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin said at a campaign stop near Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 10 that "Senator Obama tried to make a secret deal with the Iraqi government" to delay an agreement that would spell out the U.S. troop presence in Iraq. Referring to an October 10 Washington Times article, Palin said Obama "tried to influence negotiations with Iraqi leaders in a way that would set back America's cause there." cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103680/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:42:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102728/posts [quote]EXCLUSIVE: At the same time the Bush administration was negotiating a still elusive agreement to keep the U.S. military in Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to convince Iraqi leaders in private conversations that the president shouldn't be allowed to enact the deal without congressional approval.[/quote] The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102728/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:02:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101972/posts At the same time the Bush administration was negotiating a still elusive agreement to keep the U.S. military in Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to convince Iraqi leaders in private conversations that the president shouldn't be allowed to enact the deal without congressional approval. washington times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101972/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:01:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101946/posts Hope this isn't duplicate - I did search first. Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101946/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:30:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083101/posts FLINT, Mich. -- Obama reiterated his commitment to withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq during a telephone conversation this morning with the country's foreign minister, he told reporters in a 10-minute press conference on the tarmac here. ... He said he told Zebari that negotiations for a Status of Forces agreement or strategic framework agreement between the two countries should be done in the open and with Congress's authorization and that it was important that that there be strong bipartisan support for any agreement so that it can be sustained through a future administration. He argued it would make sense to... FirstRead (MSNBC) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083101/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101867/posts WASH TIMES Friday: Obama secretly tried to sway Iraqi government to ignore Bush deal on keeping troops in Iraq... Developing... Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101867/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:54:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096900/posts Obama Violated The Logan Act: Why Hasn't He Been Charged? The Logan Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 953 [1948]) is a single federal statute making it a crime for a citizen to confer with foreign governments against the interests of the United States. Specifically, it prohibits citizens from negotiating with other nations on behalf of the United States without authorization (http://law.jrank.org/pages/8357/Logan-Act.html. The Logan Act reads as follows: Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096900/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:57:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086724/posts Earlier this week, the campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., seized upon a column in the New York Post that described Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as having urged Iraqi leaders in a private meeting to delay coming to an agreement with the Bush administration on the status of U.S. troops. "Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a drawdown of the American military presence," Post columnist Amir Taheri wrote, quoting Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who told the Post that Obama, during his meeting with Iraqi leaders in July, "asked why we were... ABC news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086724/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:29:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086126/posts "...Two officials of the Bush administration say that if Obama had done what the Post story asserted – which they believe to be untrue – U.S. Ambassador Crocker and embassy officials attending the meeting would have ensured that the Bush administration heard about it immediately. If such an incident occurred in front of officials of the Bush administration, it would have constituted a foreign policy breach and would have been front-page huge news; it would not have leaked out two months later in an op-ed column..." Hot Air via LGF http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086126/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:19:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085553/posts Write your congress critters!!!!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085553/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:40:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085405/posts Obama Objects By Amir Taheri New York Post | Thursday, September 18, 2008 IN Monday's Post, I discussed how Barack Obama, during his July trip, had asked Iraqi leaders not to finalize an agreement vital to the future of US forces in Iraq - and how the effect of such a delay would be to postpone the departure of the US from Iraq beyond the time Obama himself calls for. The Obama campaign has objected. While its statement says my article was "filled with distortions," the rebuttal actually centers on a technical point: the differences between two Iraqi-US accords under... NY Post/Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085405/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:25:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084539/posts From “Move America Forward” PAC, this TV commercial hits Obama hard on playing politics with the lives of American troops. I agree with Hot Air that Obama’s interference with the Executive Branch on war-time negotiations is the most egregious offense (the Logan Act felony). But I believe that this ad hits exactly the right note for most Americans. I predict that it will be very effective. The ad is due to air this week. (click to see ad) TexasDarlin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084539/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:36:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084063/posts The Obama campaign spent more than five hours on Monday attempting to figure out the best refutation of the explosive New York Post report that quoted Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari as saying that Barack Obama during his July visit to Baghdad demanded that Iraq not negotiate with the Bush Administration on the withdrawal of American troops. Instead, he asked that they delay such negotiations until after the presidential handover at the end of January. The three problems, according to campaign sources: The report was true, there were at least three other people in the room with Obama and Zebari... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084063/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:57:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084602/posts Why isn't Obama denying Amir Taheri's charges? He admited to it in June to MSNBC! [NOTE: The New York Post's Amir Taheri, in "OBAMA TRIED TO STALL GIS' IRAQ WITHDRAWAL", "discussed how Barack Obama, during his July trip, had asked Iraqi leaders not to finalize an agreement vital to the future of US forces in Iraq - and how the effect of such a delay would be to postpone the departure of the US from Iraq beyond the time Obama himself calls for."] We've discovered an MSNBC article which directly contradicts Obama's defense of his negotiations with the Iraq government.... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084602/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:50:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084128/posts IN Monday's Post, I discussed how Barack Obama, during his July trip, had asked Iraqi leaders not to finalize an agreement vital to the future of US forces in Iraq - and how the effect of such a delay would be to postpone the departure of the US from Iraq beyond the time Obama himself calls for. The Obama campaign has objected. While its statement says my article was "filled with distortions," the rebuttal actually centers on a technical point: the differences between two Iraqi-US accords under negotiation - the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA, to set rules governing US... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084128/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:10:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084121/posts The Obama campaign spent more than five hours on Monday attempting to figure out the best refutation of the explosive New York Post report that quoted Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari as saying that Barack Obama during his July visit to Baghdad demanded that Iraq not negotiate with the Bush Administration on the withdrawal of American troops. Instead, he asked that they delay such negotiations until after the presidential handover at the end of January. The three problems, according to campaign sources: The report was true, there were at least three other people in the room with Obama and Zebari... Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084121/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:34:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083898/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Yesterday Amir Taheri in the New York Post quoted the Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari as saying that Obama made the demand when he visited Baghdad in July that (paraphrasing) "You guys shouldn't start talking about troop withdrawal now, you should wait 'til the next president's elected." The quote here from the Iraqi foreign minister, "He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement on US troop withdrawal until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington. However, as an Iraqi, I prefer to have a security agreement that regulates... The Rush Limbaugh Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083898/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:59:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082928/posts Stick a fork in Obama: he's doneThe following is in today's New York Post,. The bottom line is that Barack Obama allegedly attempted to undermine official U.S. policy in Iraq, an action that could have endangered thousands of lives as well as regional peace and security, for his own political benefit. We encourage our readers to circulate this story as widely as possible, because it alone should mean the end of Obama's candidacy. OBAMA TRIED TO STALL GIS' IRAQ WITHDRAWAL by Amir Taheri WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has... The Husaria: For Our Freedom and Yours http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082928/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:35:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083021/posts <p>FLINT, Mich. – Senator Barack Obama said today he intends to visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the November election.</p> <p>Mr. Obama, who spoke to the Iraqi foreign minister by telephone this morning, said he was “encouraged” by the reductions in violence in Iraq. But he said the United States still must begin gradually withdrawing troops, at a pace of one to two brigades a month, with a goal of removing most combat troops in 16 months.</p> the new york times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083021/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:58:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083004/posts The New York Post is no friend of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Any knock of Obama by its editorial writers and op-ed columnists should be taken with the whole bag of salt. That´s likely the case with this stunning allegation that´s making its way around the internet courtesy of Post Columnist Amir Taheri. He alleges that in a private talk with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari during his visit to Iraq in July, Obama allegedly tried to talk Zebari and other Iraqi leaders into stalling the phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. The alleged reason for the... American Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083004/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:27:43 GMT