Barack Obama - Rebuilding International Alliances

Complete video at: fora.tv 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama outlines his strategy to develop America’s alliances with foreign nations, and to encourage greater international cooperation on global issues. ----- Barack Obama: A New Strategy for a New World Senator Barack Obama gives a policy address on Iraq and National Security at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC This program was recorded on July 15, 2008. Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961), is the junior United States Senator from Illinois. According to the US Senate Historical Office, he is the fifth African American Senator in US history and the only African American currently serving in the US Senate. He is a candidate for the Democratic Party's 2008 presidential nomination. He was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996. Four years later, he made an unsuccessful run for the US House of Representatives. Obama won reelection to the state senate in 2002, running unopposed. As early as 2002, he was a critic of the proposed Iraq War, declaring in a television interview that he would have voted against the Iraq Resolution. In 2004, he ran for an open seat in the US Senate. Midway through the campaign, Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and became a nationally known political figure. He was elected to the US Senate in November 2004 with a landslide 70% of the vote. Obama formally announced his candidacy for the 2008 presidential

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