Foreign Policy Experience

Obama has the foreign policy experience we need:

1. Obama holds a degree in foreign policy from Columbia,

2. He is on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, that plays a vital role in shaping US policy around the world.

3. He is on the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that addresses, among other things, issues of immigration and our borders.

4. Committee on Veterans' Affairs: focused on providing our brave veterans with the care and services they deserve.

5. He said that he would talk to foreign leaders with preparation, but not preconditions, the advised foreign policy position

6. He is not beholdant to the military complex for funding, as is Hillary. She has received more funding than any other candidate, Republican or Democrat, so he can make decisions independent of the military complex.

7. Nuclear weapon and material disarmament is a primary concern of Obama's. After visiting Russia, the Ukraine, and Azerbaijan with Lugar (R), he returned to author, with Lugar, the Lugar-Obama nonproliferation legislation. So, he's already started making us safer. http://obama.senate.gov/press/070111-lugar-obama_non/

8. Obama has the backing of many foreign policy experts. To hear some of them speak, visit Obamas foreign policy forum, parts 1-3 at http://www.barackobama.com/tv/ (scroll down).

Here Tony Lake from Georgetown, who advised President Clinton during Clinton's first term, says:

a) Authenticy, he says what he means and means what he says
b) Obama has a vision for change
c) Obama brings a new face and message that is transformative
d) Experience: older than Bill Clinton was, lived in Indonesia, travelled extensively in Africa, so he knows what the US looks like from the outside;
e) Judgement: Iraq, first with plans to get out; how hie thinks: he listens to others, understands to different dimension of the problem, and the sees with clear judgement a way to approach it.
f) Unifier: he can win in November; this will be needed to bring change that a divisive personality cannot.
g) Obama has a vision of one American

Susan Rice speaks next more about Obama's policies: Obama was the first with a plan to get out of Iraq, but he also has detailed plans on revitalizeing the armed forces, counter terrorism, Pakistan, so he has the means to tackle the challenges. He goes beyond current problems with plans for climate change, energy independency, international collaboration, the Middle East, nuclear proliferation, supporting more democratic states. On Jan 29, 2009, the world will give us one brief look again to see if we can renew our leadership in the world. Obama represents and embodies that leadership. He represents American's ability to change, to grow, to learn, to regain our strengths.

There are many more speakers.

Here's an article on some of his supporting foreign policy experts: http://obamaendorsements.blogspot.com/2008/03/over-70-foreign-policy-experts.html

9. Here's an international human rights attorney who recently endorsed Obama: http://obamaendorsements.blogspot.com/2008/03/lisa-gans.html

10. Here are the historians for Obama: http://obamaendorsements.blogspot.com/2008/03/historians-for-obama.html

11. He embodies America. His mother is white, from Kansas, his father is black from Africa. he was born in Hawaii, went to school for 6 years in Inodnesia, sought his family roots in Africa (Dreams of My Father). He personifies the American dream to overcome difficulties: his father left the family when he was two, but, with love from his family and a good education, has continued to provide America with dedicated service to improving our government.