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War and Peeves
U.S. fails to be climate leader because of war, says Obama |
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09 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:53 AM on 09 May 2008 The war in Iraq is one reason the U.S. is such an environmental laggard, Barack Obama said in a CNN interview Thursday. "I think the way we have run this war in Iraq has ... led us to ignore the critical needs for us to focus on a sound energy policy in this country," Obama told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "It has left us unable to lead on critical global issues like global warming. ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, energy, news, politics, presidential race 08, TV (all these topics) |
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