Posts Tagged ‘Obama’

July 31st, 2008

Iran akan diserang Israel

Pernyataan ini disampaikan Obama, Rabu, (30/7) kemarin. Menurut Obama, pilihan Israel itu dilakukan jika sanksi terhadap penghentian program nuklir Iran gagal dilakukan.
"Tak seorang pun mengatakan ini pada saya secara langsung tetapi saya dapat merasakan dari percakapan saya bahwa jika sanksi tidak berjalan, Israel akan menyerang Iran," kutip NBC News mengutip Senator Obama sebagai perkataan [...]

July 25th, 2008

Israel tetap di hati Presiden AS

Presiden boleh berganti, kebijakan bisa tetap sama. Begitulah setidaknya pendapat banyak orang terhadap rencana pergantian presiden Amerika. Sebuah jajak pendapat tentang hubungan presiden Amerika dengan Israel baru-baru ini dimuat di Koran New York Times.
Artikel yang ditulis oleh Michael Slackman dan Isabel Kershner menyebutkan, saat ini semua kalangan mengharapkan perubahan mendasar dalam kebijakan luar negeri AS, [...]

July 24th, 2008

Obama, mencintai Israel sampai mati

Dalam kunjungannya ke wilayah pendudukan Israel di Palestina, kandidat presiden AS Barack Obama menyatakan mendukung Israel untuk tidak bernegosiasi dengan Hamas. Obama juga menuding bahwa perpecahan antara Hamas dan Fatah di Palestina berdampak pada situasi keamanan di Israel, sehingga sulit menciptakan perdamaian di kawasan itu.
Berbicara di depan warga kota Sderot, Obama kembali menegaskan bahwa Israel [...]

July 17th, 2008

Obama says Iraq war must end

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) vowed to quickly end the war in Iraq and shift the focus of the war on terror to Afghanistan and Pakistan, declaring in an address today that the “single-minded and open-ended focus" on Iraq "distracts us from every threat that we face and so many opportunities we could seize.”
“This war diminishes [...]

July 17th, 2008

Barack Obama Minta Maaf Pada Muslimah Berjilbab

Para relawan kampanye Barack Obama menyampaikan permohonan maaf setelah melarang muslimah-muslimah berjilbab untuk duduk di belakang podium tempat Obama berpidato. Para relawan itu berusaha mencegah agar muslimah-muslimah berjilbab itu tidak terlihat sebagai latar belakang pemandangan saat Barack Obama berpidato.
Laporan-laporan di AS menyebutkan, dalam dua kesempatan berbeda di Detroit dan Michigan-dua wilayah di AS yang memiliki [...]

July 8th, 2008

Michelle Obama’s Passions

by CLAIRE SHIPMAN, SUSAN RUCCI and EMILY YACUS
As this November’s presidential election draws closer, many people want to know more about Michelle Obama. Who is this mother of two, who rose from the rough South Side of Chicago to become a force in her own right during this crucial run for the White House? And [...]

July 4th, 2008

Obama Fuels Pullout Debate With Remarks

Senator Barack Obama said Thursday that he might “refine” his policies for Iraq after meeting with military commanders there later this summer. But hours later he held a second news conference to emphasize his commitment to the withdrawal of all combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office.
His two statements in Fargo, N.D., [...]

July 2nd, 2008

Obama backs faith in public life

By James Coomarasamy
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has said he would expand George W Bush’s programme of involving religious groups in government initiatives.
The Democratic Party candidate unveiled plans for a council of faith-based and neighbourhood partnerships in Ohio.
He said challenges from saving the planet to ending poverty were too big for the government [...]

June 28th, 2008

Clinton and Obama rally together

Hillary Clinton has joined Barack Obama at a rally - their first public event since she pulled out of the race to be the Democratic presidential candidate.

The rally in Unity, New Hampshire, was an opportunity for supporters of the party to come together after the divisive primary battle.
The event follows a joint [...]

June 27th, 2008

Clinton and Obama in unity talks

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is holding a joint fund-raising dinner in Washington with his former rival, Hillary Clinton.
The aim of the event is to shore up party unity, following the hardest-fought Democratic Party primaries in decades.
The dinner is also aimed at helping Mrs Clinton pay off her campaign debts.
On Friday the [...]