Obama on Larry King Live

(07/15/2008)

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Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:00

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Larry King Live - Barack Obama speaks out about the New Yorker cover

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Larry- that New Yorker cover... what do you make of that?

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obama: I know that it was an attempt at satire - but it's just a cartoon - i haven't spent much time thinking about it

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Larry - didn't it sting?

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Obama - you get a thick skin - I've seen and heard worse

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Larry - a good percentage still believe that you are Muslim

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Obama - I was raised a Christain - all you can do is tell the truth and trust in the American people

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Obama - this is actually an insult against Muslim Americans

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larry - let's turn to Iraq - do you go with an adgenda

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obama - my adgenda is to keep american's safe

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Obama - McCain has ignored the wider strategy

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Obama - money spent, where the central front against terrorism should be (afghanistan)

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Obama - imagine what we could have done with the money spent on the war - if it had been invested at home

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Obama - but i want to discuss it with the commanders to find out the best ways to end the war

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Clip of McCain - criticizing Obama for preaching policy before witnessing what is going on

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Obama - straegically - I believe that it is time to get out - at a pace that will allow us to do what we need to do there - to make sure that police and army are trained. And to leave a residual force to protect our bases/diplomats

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Obama - Larry, when you travel around this country - you meet families where members have served 3 - 4 terms - this can't be sustained. also, economically we have a lot of needs - and we need to look at other areas of the world

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next - Larry will ask about Veeps - you can vote at CNN.com

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still no score in the All Star Game - bottom of the 2nd

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Obama - I think that the failure of this administration is amazing to find and capture Osama Bin Landen - and the resurgence of the Taliban

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we need to further our relationship with pakistan -

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Larry - would you go in to get Bin Laden

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Obama - We want to capture or kill him -

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Larry - how will you deal with your generals?

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Obama - I think that they are critical - I have been so impressed with their work - even with a difficult mission

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obama - but, I think this is the difference between myself and GB and JMc, as President, it is my job to set the mission - ultimately, the buck stops with me

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Obama - the role of the Commander in Chief is to secure the US on all fronts

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Obama - making sure that we have an energy policy that frees us from foreign oil

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Larry - how is the search for VP going?

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Obama - I'm not going to discuss it - but the process is going well - with a vision that we need to fundamentally change what is going on in wash

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Larry - how will you use Bill CLinton?

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Obama - i want him as an advisor - he is an enormous resource - as are all former presidents

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Obama - i think you want to use all the talent - bring back bipartisanship in foreign policy

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Larry - what about the foreclosure problem

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Obama - it is a huge problem - we could have prevented a lot of this - but, moving forward - glad to see that the President is supporting the housing bill coming out of Congress - help for homeowners

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Obama - i want to make sure that we aren't bailing out CEOs - I want to stabilize the market - and that sound borrowers are confident

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Larry - thanks for joining us

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Obama - thank you

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Larry continues with talk about the foreclosure crisis.