{"id":5344,"date":"2008-05-28T23:23:54","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T23:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/obama-is-considering-a-visit-t.html"},"modified":"2008-05-28T23:23:54","modified_gmt":"2008-05-28T23:23:54","slug":"obama-is-considering-a-visit-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/obama-is-considering-a-visit-t.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama is considering a visit to Iraq this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obama caves again!<\/a> He has absolutely no backbone. This is the guy the left thinks can negotiate with Iran? EEP!<\/p>\n

Barack Obama is considering a visit to Iraq this summer, his first to the war zone since becoming a presidential candidate.
\nObama revealed his plans to The New York Times. He has been under criticism from Republican rival John McCain for failing to visit Iraq since 2006. Obama also declined McCain’s invitation for a joint trip.
\n“I just don’t want to be involved in a political stunt,” Obama said, according to a report on the newspaper’s Web site Wednesday.
\n“I think that if I’m going to Iraq, then I’m there to talk to troops and talk to commanders,” he said in the interview. “I’m not there to try to score political points or perform. The work they’re doing there is too important.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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