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Obama Challenges McCain on His Ties to Musharraf

HeadlineAug 20, 2008

In campaign news, Senator Barack Obama has announced plans to hold a rally at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, alongside his yet-to-be-announced running mate. It is the same site where Obama announced his presidential candidacy eighteen months ago. On Tuesday, Obama addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Florida. He challenged John McCain’s judgment in the war on terror.

Sen. Obama: “For all of his talk about following Osama bin Laden to the gates of Hell, Senator McCain refused to join my call to take out bin Laden across the Afghan border. Instead, he spent years backing a dictator in Pakistan who failed to serve the interests of his own people.”

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