Obama: Isolate the extremists
source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/22/obama.pakistan/index.html
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President Barack Obama told a Pakistani television outlet that isolating extremists is crucial for improving ties between Muslim nations and the United States.
The interview taped Friday at the White House was scheduled for broadcast on Sunday by DawnNews, which is Pakistan's first 24-hour English-language news channel. According to DawnNews, it was the first time a U.S. president granted a one-on-one interview to a Pakistani media outlet.
According to the interview posted on the DawnNews Web site, Obama called the huge street demonstrations in Iran a sign that the election results ""obviously raised a lot of doubts."
"We respect Iran's sovereignty, but we also are witnessing peaceful demonstrations, people expressing themselves, and I stand for that universal principle that people should have a voice in their own lives and their own destiny," Obama said, according to Web site report. "And I hope that the international community recognizes that we need to stand behind peaceful protests and be opposed to violence or repression."
Asked about his June 4 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world, Obama called it a first step in the process of improving U.S. relations with Muslim countries.
The interview taped Friday at the White House was scheduled for broadcast on Sunday by DawnNews, which is Pakistan's first 24-hour English-language news channel. According to DawnNews, it was the first time a U.S. president granted a one-on-one interview to a Pakistani media outlet.
According to the interview posted on the DawnNews Web site, Obama called the huge street demonstrations in Iran a sign that the election results ""obviously raised a lot of doubts."
"We respect Iran's sovereignty, but we also are witnessing peaceful demonstrations, people expressing themselves, and I stand for that universal principle that people should have a voice in their own lives and their own destiny," Obama said, according to Web site report. "And I hope that the international community recognizes that we need to stand behind peaceful protests and be opposed to violence or repression."
Asked about his June 4 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world, Obama called it a first step in the process of improving U.S. relations with Muslim countries.
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JohnA
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His Homeland Security Secretary is busy trying to decide who the extremists are here, he's going to give them advise?
- 2 years ago
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JohnA
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KaramelSwirl
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JohnA:
Yes, sin't that what you all said he should do? Oh yea, he has to come on TV and rant and wave the American flag and say what he's going to do? Obama's the man, he's got it under control no matter hwo much you'd love for that not to be true.
- 2 years ago
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KaramelSwirl
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JohnA
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JohnA:
I'd just like to know who's side he's really on, theirs or ours, that's all. I can't tell judging from his time in office so far.
- 2 years ago
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JohnA
