Obama in Iraq on
fact-finding mission
Democratic
White House candidate Barack Obama
was in Iraq on a fact-finding tour
on Monday, days after confirming
plans to withdraw US troops from
Iraq in 16 months if he takes office
next year.
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McCain spars with Obama on
tax issues
Sen. John
McCain tried yesterday to relaunch
his campaign with a pledge to use
broad-based tax cuts to revive the
ailing economy - and barbs
contrasting his views with Sen.
Barack Obama's.
"The choice in this
election is stark and simple," McCain,
the presumptive Republican nominee, told
a town-hall meeting in Denver. "Sen.
Obama will raise your taxes. I won't. I
will cut them where I can."
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