Details Emerge of Obama’s Summer Trip Abroad

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Details Emerge of Obama’s Summer Trip Abroad

The Swamp discovers reports in foreign media point to a trip late July.

In France: Agence France-Press says President Sarkozy will meet with Obama at the Elysee Palace on Friday, July 25.

In Israel: Obama is expected to arrive July 22 or July 23 for a two- or three-day visit to include a meeting with Prime Minister Olmert.

In Germany: Der Spiegel reports Obama is considering meetings with Foreign Minister Steinmeier and Chancellor Merkel and may speak before the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/07/07/details-emerge-of-obamas-summer-trip-abroad/

The Swamp:

Obama foreign trip details emerge


Posted July 7, 2008 5:38 PM

by Mike Dorning

While the Barack Obama campaign is keeping the dates of its international trip a tightly guarded secret, details are beginning to leak out of foreign capitals.

The Obama campaign announced late last month that the candidate would travel to Israel and Jordan in the Middle East and Britain, France and Germany in Europe. The campaign had already disclosed plans to travel to Iraq and Afghanistan, though it has left unclear whether the trip to the war zones will be included in the same international trip.

Reports in foreign media now suggest the trip is scheduled for late July.

The French news agency Agence France-Press reports that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet with Obama at the Elysee Palace on Friday July 25.

In Israel, Obama is expected to arrive on Tuesday July 22 or Wednesday July 23 for a two- or three-day visit to include a meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which cited a report in the Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot.

The German magazine Der Spiegel reports that the Obama campaign is considering a major speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the site of a famous Ronald Reagan speech in 1987 in which the former president challenged then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down that wall." A large new U.S. embassy opened there on July 4.

Der Spiegel also reports that Obama is considering meetings with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel.


http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/obama_foreign_trip_details_eme.html

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

1. Sounds good, I have a feeling those all those fer'ners are going to go bonkers

over Obama...

[lurky]

2. Sounds very... presidential!

:D

I'm picturing massive crowds on the Champs-Elysee or the Brandenburg Gate listening to Obama, while McCain is stumbling through another press conference at a Holiday Inn in Tempe, AZ or Altoona, PA.

[Thrill]

3. Repukes are scared shitless by how Presidential he is going to look

[Eurobabe]

4. I'll be in Berlin. n/t

[JDPriestly]

5. He is extremely popular around the world. I can't wait to see photos of the crowds.

[TwilightGardener]

6. I want to know who he'll be going WITH--that might give us a VP or cabinet clue.

[ErinBerin84]

7. Mark Halperin of The Page is now claiming that Hagel might be going to Iraq with Obama

He doesn't have any details yet, just "story developing".

Uh, yeah. I trust Mark Halperin. The same guy who broke the bs Iraq flip flop story. And the same guy who told us that Edwards would endorse Clinton. Yeah, I trust him.

[TwilightGardener]

8. Wouldn't surprise me--Hagel hasn't been there for more than a year (he's

due for a sixth trip), and maybe Obama will be auditioning him for a cabinet slot.

[ErinBerin84]

9. I just hate "story developing" teasers

Because, usually, it's just the usual "according to Democratic insiders that wish to remain anonymous", and nothing substantial.

I don't want to wait, I want to know right now!

[TwilightGardener]

10. Yes--especially from an unreliable source. Halperin was the one who

said Edwards called Obama a "pussy", IIRC. I truly doubt Edwards would have done that.

[Inuca]

11. There is a small update to the story

UPDATE: Obama strategist Axelrod tells MSNBC: Hagel “has been very courageous in speaking out on the issue of Iraq and the misguided policies we’ve had from the beginning.” Declines to discuss trip directly.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/07/08/co-dellers/