Jul 20, 2008

Obama to rid the world of nuclear weapons

Barack Obama (pictured), the freshman Senator from Illinois, met with other Democrats for a roundtable discussion.

Among those joining him for the panel discussion were two potential running mates, Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga.

Nunn, a defense expert, is viewed as a senior statesman who could offset the relative youth of Obama, a freshman senator from Illinois. He said he supported Obama's nonproliferation pledge and outlined the challenges Obama would face in the Oval Office as if he were already elected!

Mr. Obama said that two goals of his administration would be to secure all loose nuclear material during his first term and to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

Two lofty goals indeed, for a man with less experience than anyone else in the U.S. Senate (he has been absent for much of his eighteen months in office). His naiveté is almost breathaking!

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