Obama Discusses Need to Change Foreign Policy

Senator Barack Obama today hosted a foreign policy forum in Des Moines, along with top advisors, to discuss the kind of judgment he believes is necessary to bring about a change in foreign policy to one that ‘we’ can believe in.

Obama and the panelists took questions from Iowa voters and discussed Obama’s specific plans to end the war in Iraq, renew American diplomacy, pursue aggressive diplomacy with Iran, fight terrorism and extremism, reduce the threat of nuclear weapons, and invest in a 21st century military.

The forum is part of Obama’s commitment to being open with the American people, and making them a part of the dialog about their foreign policy.

The following local and national foreign policy experts also joined Senator Obama at the forum:

* Tony Lake National Security Advisor to President Clinton

* Susan Rice Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

* General Scott Gration Former Major General, United States Air Force

* Sen. Steve Warnstadt Iowa State Senator; Vice-Chair, Veterans Affairs Committee

* Denis McDonough Former Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Majority Leader Tom Daschle

Obama’s official website claims “he is the only major candidate to oppose the Iraq war from the beginning and previously outlined a comprehensive plan to responsibly end the war in Iraq in a September 12th speech in Clinton, IA. As a U.S. Senator, Obama has spent the last three years serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he has worked across the aisle to keep the world’s most dangerous weapons away from terrorists, and on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, where he has fought to give America’s veterans the care, benefits and respect they have earned.”

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