Obama Wins Backing of 9/11 Commission Co-Chairman Lee Hamilton

[RamboLiberal]

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has won the endorsement of one of his party's top foreign policy figures, Lee Hamilton, who hails from Indiana, home to one of the next crucial primary votes.

Hamilton, a former U.S. House member who co-chaired the commission that investigated the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and headed the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said he was impressed by Obama's approach to national security and foreign policy.

``I read his national security and foreign policy speeches, and he comes across to me as pragmatic, visionary and tough,'' Hamilton said in an interview. ``He impresses me as a person who wants to use all the tools of presidential power.''

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Hamilton said he agreed with Obama's position on meeting with U.S. adversaries such as the leaders of Iran without conditions. Also, Obama's consideration of unilateral military action against terrorist hideouts in Pakistan, is already U.S. policy, Hamilton said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=ag9nXSjQZIlA&pid=20601070

[Cha]

1. Great! Go Indiana..thank you

for the endorsement, Lee Hamilton.

[John Q. Citizen]

2. That's a heavy weight endorsement.

[charlie]

3. Ick

Good for Obama, every bit helps. But Lee Hamilton is a waste of space.

[chimpymustgo]

4. He's the ultimate con-man coverup artist. YUCK.

[Zynx]

7. I knew this would happen as soon as I read about it.

I'm waiting for the full-blown conspiracy theories next.

[bbgrunt]

6. yep. It's not much to crow about. In fact, given

Hamilton's ubiquitous appearance on panels designed to hide government malfeasance, it borders on the ominous.

[anonymous171]

5. Take that Joe Wilson!

No offense meant. :rofl:

GoBama! :woohoo:

[BuyingThyme]

8. Send it back.

[DrFunkenstein]

9. Top Dem On The 9/11 Panel. That's Gotta Hurt.

Here's a winner from the article:

``He wavers from seeming to believe that mediation and meetings without preconditions can solve some of the world's most intractable problems, to advocating rash, unilateral military action without cooperation from our allies in the most sensitive region of the world,'' Clinton said Feb. 25 in Washington.

Nice use of "seeming." She must have picked that one up from Fox News. And then she goes for the classic conservative move: playing the retard.

As in, "I can't make heads or tails out of what he's saying. Should we try more diplomacy or blow up our allies? Which is it, Mr. Obama?"

[BenDavid]

10. yep, old whitewash hamilton.

Lee "Whitewash" Hamilton covered up Bush's complicity for the 9-11 Commission


As expected, Whitewash Hamilton protects Illegal Monkey.....Final 9/11 Report Slams All But Bush

remember this: "No question that we again and again and again asked for everything,
and we needed it, and we weren’t given it. And so, the only conclusion
we can draw is it was withheld from us. And that can only be seen to me
as an attempt to impede our investigation."
-- 9-11 Whitewash Commission Chairman Thomas Kean,

Hey Tom, if it took you this many years to figure out that Bush was impeding your investigation,then there's no wonder why he picked you and Lee "Whitewash" Hamilton for the job.

[OzarkDem]

11. Not a good endorsement

Hamilton was a disgrace on that commission. They never asked hard questions or followed up. Whitewash, yes.

If this is Hamilton is the kind of public servant Obama admires, he's not what we want as POTUS.

Raise the bar, Obama.