""Summary: After Iraq, we may be tempted to turn inward. That would be a mistake. The American moment is not over, but it must be seized anew. We must bring the war to a responsible end and then renew our leadership -- military, diplomatic, moral -- to confront new threats and capitalize on new opportunities. America cannot meet this century's challenges alone; the world cannot meet them without America.
Barack Obama is a Democratic Senator from Illinois and a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.""
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) just said on the Senate floor he would not wait any longer for a change in course in Iraq - no longer waiting for Gen. Petraeus to say it is not working. This is the first conservative Republican, since Hagel, to oppenly break from Bush - and an extremely powerful one at that.
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