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General McPeak's Visit to Iowa

By Brian VanRiper - Sep 29th, 2007 at 6:22 pm EDT

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Four-Star General Tony McPeak just finished a 3-day Obama for Commander in Chief tour where he met with veterans and everyday Iowans across the state. On the tour we discussed a range of issues including the war in Iraq and respecting our veterans by providing the benefits they deserve. We had a great trip with stops in Atlantic, Council Bluffs, Sioux City, Algona, Mason City, Ames and Des Moines.

General McPeak talked about Senator Obama’s wisdom to speak out against the war in Iraq before it started and before it was popular to do so. Qualities such as Barack Obama’s judgment and experience convince McPeak that Obama is the best candidate to bring our country together, bring our troops home, and make progress on the tough challenges our nation faces.

Here’s footage from our Des Moines stop:

General McPeak served 37 years in the Air Force and retired as Air Force Chief of Staff in 1994. After President Bush led the United States into a war that should’ve never been waged in Iraq, General McPeak broke from the Washington establishment and spoke out against the misguided war. He brings his 37 years of service, including over 6,000 hours as a command pilot, to the Obama Campaign by serving as a national campaign co-chair and foreign policy advisor.

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By Alex Sep 30th 2007 at 12:51 pm EDT

Thanks General for your service to this country. It is really great to see this respected four star General to put his support behind Sen. Barack Obama. This shows that Sen. Oabam has what it takes to be a leader of this nation and commnader in chief. Beyond that also, he will be a great leader to the free world.

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By ♫ ❀ ✿ ♪ MsCiara, in Paris ♪ ❀ ✿ ♫ Oct 4th 2007 at 10:36 am EDT

Obama's most painful experience

This is why I adore Barack...He is REAL !

by John McCormick

WASHINGTON, Iowa -- With most voter questions dealing in weighty policy matters, a man in the audience asked Sen. Barack Obama a somewhat unusual one this afternoon.

"What would you say is the most painful and character-building experience of your life that puts you in an important position to make important decisions of life and death and the well-being of our country?"

After a brief pause, Obama talked about his childhood:

"I would say the fact that I grew up without a father in the home. What that meant was, I had to learn very early on to figure out what was important and what wasn't and exercise my own judgment, in some ways to raise myself. I mean, my mother was wonderful, and was a foundation of love for me.

'But as a young man growing up, I didn't have a lot of role models, and I made a lot of mistakes. But I learned to figure out that there were certain values that were important to me, that I had to be true to. Nobody was going to force me to be honest. Nobody was going to force me to work hard. Nobody was going to force me to have drive and ambition.

"Nobody was going to force me to have empathy for other people. But if I really thought those values were important, then I had to live them out...That's why it's so important for me now, both as a United States senator, as presidential candidate, but also as a father and a husband to wake up every morning and ask myself am I living up to those values that I say I think are important. Because if I'm not, I shouldn't be president."

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