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...Last week, the McCain campaign's case against Barack Obama went something like this: He's irresponsible when it comes to Iraq, naive when it comes to Iran and a Big Government liberal when it comes to the economy. But now Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has more or less endorsed Obama's plan to withdraw from Iraq, forcing McCain to argue that al-Maliki didn't really mean it, and even the Bush Administration has accepted a "time horizon" for withdrawal, if not a precise "timetable." The Bush Administration has also engaged in some diplomatic outreach with Iran...
...Wednesday morning with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Likud Party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu. Obama will visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Memorial, then meet with President Shimon Peres. From there, he departs for Ramallah in the West Bank, where meetings are scheduled with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in the President's office. Dinner Wednesday night will be with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem...
...Friday, Obama will touch down briefly in Paris for a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and then fly to London for a series of meetings on Saturday, the first of which will be with former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Obama has scheduled subsequent sessions with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and opposition leader David Cameron before returning to Chicago...
...thinking, only that it had reinforced it. He did applaud the tentative steps that have been made in quelling the violence in Iraq and in bringing political stability to the country. But he stressed that "the U.S. military can't be there forever," and noted that Iraqi leaders, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, have themselves become more vocal in calling for a definite timetable for U.S. withdrawal. "The message we heard from Iraq's leaders is that they're ready to do more and they want to take more responsibility for their country," Obama said. "I believe that...
...recover American business is British Airways. BA has waged a $6 million promotion campaign called ''Go for it, America'' to win back U.S. travelers. That effort reached a climax of sorts last week when 5,791 American winners of a BA sweepstakes were given free flights to London. Even Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher got into the act when she invited 30 of the sweepstakes winners to join her at 10 Downing Street for tea. For its part, Pan Am is offering free car rentals and two-for-one ticket deals to help fill seats on its Europe-bound planes...