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Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , accused Iran that it has been supporting Iraqi insurgents in Basra. Thus, violating the Iranian promises of reducing support for terrorism both in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“The Iranian government pledged to halt such activities some months ago. It’s plainly obvious they have not. Indeed, they seem to have gone the other way,” he said. “In these last couple years, you know, that tensions continue to rise, Iran does not respond, and in fact they seem to be ratcheting it up in terms of their support for terrorism.”

He also went on to say that besides giving financial and weapon aid to Iraqi insurgents, Iran also trains them as well.

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I wonder how Iran will react to this? According to the aspiring Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, she is willing to totally obliterate Iran if it ever uses nuclear missiles against Israel.

The statement was mentioned during an interview with a morning TV Show.

“We should be looking to create an umbrella of deterrence that goes much further than just Israel. Of course I would make it clear to the Iranians that an attack on Israel would incur massive retaliation from the United States. But I would do the same with other countries in the region … . You can’t go to the Saudis or the Kuwaitis or UAE and others who have a legitimate concern about Iran and say, well, don’t acquire these weapons to defend yourself unless you’re also willing to say we will provide a deterrent backup.”

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Obama may pay for his comments about Pennsylvanians. 

On a recorded speech in San Francisco, Sen. Obama commented the following regarding people from Pennsylvania: 

“You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. … So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”

This may even further alienate blue-collar voters and affect his campaign to be the Democratic Candidate for the Presidency. How will Clinton and McCain react? No doubt, these two will jump on this issue like a wolf jumps on a sleeping sheep.

Here’s the transcribed and recorded speech. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin flexes his muscle over the missile defense program and the inclusion of two ex-Soviet states into NATO as he hosts U.S. President George Bush and First Lady, Laura Bush.

Initially we reported that Bush may have a possibility in installing a missile interceptor in Poland, but Putin did not agree to this. He requested that Russia be able to inspect, monitor, and have equal access to both facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic. He also suggested that systems operations be run from Moscow instead of the U.S. Unfortunately Bush did not agree to this as it would violate the sovereignty of both countries.

The dinner ended well, but talks will continue.

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Bush scores a big victory in the NATO meeting last April 3. He was able to secure approval from the Czech Replublic to install U.S. radar systems in its territory. The systems will be linked to interceptor missiles in Poland.

Although the latter has yet to agreed to the plan, NATO’s support might force the hands of the Russians to go ahead with it despite their resistance to the proposal. The Russians see it as a threat that a U.S. installation be so near their motherland.

Both U.S. President Bush and Russian President Putin will be meeting on Sunday to discuss the missile defense system as well as the inclusion of ex-Soviet states Ukraine or Georgia into NATO.

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Sen. Obama says that deporting 12 million people is not realistic and will require an “honest conversation.” This was his reply to questions regarding illegal immigrants entering the United States.

Further on, the Senator detailed the possible scenario if all illegal immigrants were “sent home”:

Mr. Obama said many illegals have “settled,” “bought property” and have children who are U.S. citizens. He said the country would have to devote “all our law enforcement resources to rounding up people without papers, even if they weren’t causing any trouble,” and once that’s done, the country would have to “empty out our jails.”

He is however suggesting that the illegal immigrants register, pay a fine, pay back taxes, and learn English.

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