Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

MissileThreat.com ^ | February 29, 2008

[Eye On The Left]

[NOTE: this is the ORIGINAL youtube Obama ad, not the poor quality copy that is circulating the internet. HumanEvents.com just today (4/10/08) reposted the copy. The original comes directly from the Obama camp]

Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

February 29, 2008 :: News

A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:

Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.

First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[i.e. not win it]

Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

I will slow our development of future combat systems.

And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.

Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.

You know where I stand. I've fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don't switch positions or make promises that can't be kept. I don't posture on defense policy and I don't take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.

Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:
http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp

**Original Video of Senator Obama discussing strategic issues, from YouTube/BarackObamaDotCom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o84PE871BE

[Eye On The Left]

NOTE: this is the ORIGINAL youtube Obama ad, not the poor quality copy that is circulating the internet. This one (the good one) is titled "Obama-Caucus4Priorities". Another making the rounds is titled "In 52 Seconds Why Obama Cannot Win the General Election". However, since it is a poor quality copy, the original from the Obama camp itself is clearly preferable.

You can also find the original at this site through a search for "Obama-Caucus4Priorities" (use the lower search feature):
http://www.youtube.com/user/BarackObamadotcom

Now compare it with poor and therefore 'suspect' to some copy that HumanEvents.com just reposted today (4/10/08): "In 52 Seconds Why Obama Cannot Win the General Election":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs

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