Obama focuses on Iraq, rivals
Published: Thu, Nov. 01, 2007 07:10PM
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closeA lively crowd of about 4,000 greeted Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama this afternoon on the N.C. Central University campus.
An event originally intended for the 2,100-capacity gymnasium was moved to the football stadium as tickets sold briskly this week.
In a 45-minute address this afternoon, Obama touched on a number of top liberal themes - energy policy reform, the need for better health care, better teacher pay, and more affordable higher education -- while hammering away at both President Bush and his chief rival, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, on the Iraq war.
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"There is no military solution to be had in Iraq," he told the crowd. "We need to start bringing our troops home."
If elected, he pledged to immediately begin moving U.S. troops out of Iraq, and also pledged to work with foreign leaders, both friendly and otherwise.
"You're sick of George W. Bush," he said at the start of his comments. "Tired of an administration that treats our constitution as a nuisance to be avoided."
After the rally, Obama is attending a private fundraiser in Raleigh.
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