Wednesday, May 28, 2008
McCain calls for talks about nuclear weapons
DENVER — Republican John McCain called Tuesday for talks with China to negotiate a temporary halt to production of nuclear weapons-grade material and with Russia on a new treaty to destroy more nuclear weapons.
“Today we deploy thousands of nuclear warheads,” McCain said in a speech at the University of Denver. “It is my hope to move as rapidly as possible to a significantly smaller force.” He did not set a specific goal but said the number would be consistent with U.S. security and global commitments.
Cautioning against relying solely on force or merely on talks, McCain proposed a bipartisan push to strengthen a broad array of international arms treaties and nuclear monitoring.
Obama ID’d wrong camp in speech, campaign says
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Barack Obama’s campaign said Tuesday he mistakenly referred to the wrong Nazi death camp when relating the story of a great uncle who helped liberate the camps during World War II.
The Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign said the story is accurate except the camp was Buchenwald, not Auschwitz.
“Senator Obama’s family is proud of the service of his grandfather and uncles in World War II — especially the fact that his great uncle was a part of liberating one of the concentration camps at Buchenwald,” campaign spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement. “Yesterday he mistakenly referred to Auschwitz instead of Buchenwald in telling of his personal experience of a soldier in his family who served heroically.”
Obama says McCainSFlbwon’t help housing crisis
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Democrat Barack Obama argued Tuesday that homeowners struggling to avoid foreclosure would get little help from a John McCain administration.
“We’ve had enough of the can’t-do, won’t-do, won’t-even-try approach from George Bush and John McCain,” said Obama, who was speaking in a swing state that has been hit hard by the explosion in foreclosures.
Obama has proposed a tax credit covering 10 percent of annual mortgage interest payments for “struggling homeowners,” a fund for mortgage-fraud victims and aid to state and local governments stung by housing crisis.
McCain has called for federal aid for well-meaning homeowners who can’t pay their mortgages. Though, he also has said he opposed aggressive intervention by the government to solve the housing crisis and that he preferred only limited intervention.
Associated Press