COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Caroline Kennedy, the daughter President John F. Kennedy, has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid.
In an op-ed published Sunday in The New York Times, Caroline Kennedy cited his judgment in opposing the Iraq war from the start and other traits in making her decision.
Obama issued the following statement of thanks: “I am honored to have the support of Caroline Kennedy. Caroline has been a tireless advocate for providing every child with a quality education, most recently through her work with New York City’s public schools. And through her role in selecting Profile in Courage awardees, she has shined a spotlight on leaders who have the courage to tell people what they need to hear, not what they want to hear.
It’s also a special privilege to have this endorsement because I’ve always believed that Caroline’s father was one of our greatest presidents. At a time of great challenge at home and abroad, President Kennedy led this nation with judgment and courage, pulling the world back from the brink of war, calling a generation to service, and inspiring this entire nation to reach for new frontiers.”
Source: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/caroline_kennedy_says_obama_li.html
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Barack Obama Wins South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. - NBC News declared Sen. Barack Obama as the projected winner in South Carolina's Democratic primary.
Obama won South Carolina by a substantial margin, with Hillary Rodham Clinton running second and John Edwards third, NBC reported.
Obama routed Clinton in the racially charged primary, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.
Edwards' placing came as a sharp setback in the state where he was born and scored a primary victory in his first presidential campaign four years ago.
Interviews at the exit polls showed about half the voters were black, according to interviews provided by The Associated Press. Four out of five supported Obama. Black women turned out in particularly large numbers.
Clinton and Edwards each won roughly 40 percent of the white vote, with about 25 percent going to Obama, the first-term Illinois senator.
The victory was Obama's first since he won the kick-off Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3. Clinton, a New York senator and former first lady, scored an upset in the New Hampshire primary a few days later. They split the Nevada caucuses, she winning the turnout race, he gaining a one-delegate margin.
In a historic race, Clinton hopes to become the first woman to occupy the White House, and Obama is the strongest black contender in history.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22854377/
Obama won South Carolina by a substantial margin, with Hillary Rodham Clinton running second and John Edwards third, NBC reported.
Obama routed Clinton in the racially charged primary, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.
Edwards' placing came as a sharp setback in the state where he was born and scored a primary victory in his first presidential campaign four years ago.
Interviews at the exit polls showed about half the voters were black, according to interviews provided by The Associated Press. Four out of five supported Obama. Black women turned out in particularly large numbers.
Clinton and Edwards each won roughly 40 percent of the white vote, with about 25 percent going to Obama, the first-term Illinois senator.
The victory was Obama's first since he won the kick-off Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3. Clinton, a New York senator and former first lady, scored an upset in the New Hampshire primary a few days later. They split the Nevada caucuses, she winning the turnout race, he gaining a one-delegate margin.
In a historic race, Clinton hopes to become the first woman to occupy the White House, and Obama is the strongest black contender in history.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22854377/
Prominent PLO Figure Dies
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — George Habash, whose radical PLO faction gained notoriety after the simultaneous hijackings of four Western airliners in 1970 and the seizure of an Air France flight to Entebbe, Uganda, died Saturday in Jordan. He was 81.
The former guerrilla leader, a rival of Yasser Arafat, died of a heart attack in Amman, said Leila Khaled, a member of the Palestine National Council and a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which Habash founded.
Born to a Christian Arab family, Habash opposed Arab-Israeli peace talks. His group was the second-largest in the PLO after Fatah, the faction of Arafat and current Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Habash and his group gained notoriety for the 1970 hijackings of four Western airliners over the United States, Europe, the Far East and the Persian Gulf. The aircraft were blown up in the Middle East after passengers and crews disembarked.
Habash promoted the Palestinian cause through terrorist attacks in the 1970s, including the hijacking of an Air France airliner to Entebbe, Uganda. The group also was responsible for gunning down 27 people at Israel's Lod airport in May 1972.
Abbas declared three-day mourning period for Habash and ordered flags to fly at half-staff. He called Habash a "historic leader" and said he would receive condolences at his office Sunday evening.
Habash, an American-educated physician, launched the Popular Front in December 1967, six months after the Arabs lost the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights to Israel.
Habash opposed interim peace agreements with Israel, in part because they did not require Israel to stop settlement construction. Throughout his life, he supported the use of violence against Israel, arguing that Israel would not make the concessions required for a peace agreement.
However, since the early 1980s, he came to support the PLO platform, which calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state in the occupied territories and a "right of return" of Palestinian refugees.
Habash frequently criticized Arafat, particularly during his attempts to negotiate with Israel.
Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j1jc2SC9PHuzVUKRX5Q9CZmJwRpgD8UDORO81
The former guerrilla leader, a rival of Yasser Arafat, died of a heart attack in Amman, said Leila Khaled, a member of the Palestine National Council and a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which Habash founded.
Born to a Christian Arab family, Habash opposed Arab-Israeli peace talks. His group was the second-largest in the PLO after Fatah, the faction of Arafat and current Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Habash and his group gained notoriety for the 1970 hijackings of four Western airliners over the United States, Europe, the Far East and the Persian Gulf. The aircraft were blown up in the Middle East after passengers and crews disembarked.
Habash promoted the Palestinian cause through terrorist attacks in the 1970s, including the hijacking of an Air France airliner to Entebbe, Uganda. The group also was responsible for gunning down 27 people at Israel's Lod airport in May 1972.
Abbas declared three-day mourning period for Habash and ordered flags to fly at half-staff. He called Habash a "historic leader" and said he would receive condolences at his office Sunday evening.
Habash, an American-educated physician, launched the Popular Front in December 1967, six months after the Arabs lost the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights to Israel.
Habash opposed interim peace agreements with Israel, in part because they did not require Israel to stop settlement construction. Throughout his life, he supported the use of violence against Israel, arguing that Israel would not make the concessions required for a peace agreement.
However, since the early 1980s, he came to support the PLO platform, which calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state in the occupied territories and a "right of return" of Palestinian refugees.
Habash frequently criticized Arafat, particularly during his attempts to negotiate with Israel.
Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j1jc2SC9PHuzVUKRX5Q9CZmJwRpgD8UDORO81
Body Found Not Stacy Peterson
CHICAGO — A Chicago Police spokeswoman says the human remains found frozen to the ground in a field on Chicago's southwest side are not related to the disappearance of Stacy Peterson.
Police spokeswoman Monique Bond also says the body is not related to the disappearance of Lisa Stebic.
The Cook County medical examiner's office says an autopsy is scheduled today on the badly decomposed remains found Friday by a suburban land surveyor.
Authorities say the worker found a human foot and leg near a blue garbage can. But Chicago police have said they did not find a blue garbage can.
The body was found about 100 feet from a set of train tracks just south of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Peterson has been missing since October and Stebic has been missing since April.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325823,00.html
Police spokeswoman Monique Bond also says the body is not related to the disappearance of Lisa Stebic.
The Cook County medical examiner's office says an autopsy is scheduled today on the badly decomposed remains found Friday by a suburban land surveyor.
Authorities say the worker found a human foot and leg near a blue garbage can. But Chicago police have said they did not find a blue garbage can.
The body was found about 100 feet from a set of train tracks just south of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Peterson has been missing since October and Stebic has been missing since April.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325823,00.html
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