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20 questions with John McCain

Interview with presidential candidate Senator John McCain and a transcript of remarks by the Senator to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.\n

Will Jews give Obama a chance?

Obama needs to tell his story about the Jewish community and Israel before his opponents tell their version. If he waits to respond to Clinton\’s charges, it may already be too late. He needs to discuss his experiences in Chicago\’s Jewish community, talk about his personal connections to Israel and provide reassurance in his own words.

New U.S. administration won’t mean new Mideast policy

For months, we\’ve been hearing the presidential candidates promise American voters \”change.\” But as the U.S. primaries move beyond their half-way point, here is a prediction: Whoever becomes president in 2008 will pursue the same policies as the Bush administration in the Middle East, because there is little latitude to do otherwise.

The NIE, Iran, presidential politics and the Jews

The release last week of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran\’s nuclear ambitions stunned the nation\’s capital. After being buried for a year, the NIE has deflated the Bush administration\’s case on Iran by stating that Iran halted its program to develop a nuclear weapon in 2003.

Progressives should join Jews on Iran strategy

Progressives need to reach out to their natural allies in the Jewish community by acknowledging that the threats of nuclear proliferation and international terrorism exist and support the same reasoned, international approach of sanctions and international pressure that has helped bring the North Korean nuclear program under control.

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