Family Members of POW's Oppose McCain

Republican  John McCain spoke to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Conference Monday.  As a war veteran, McCain uses his experience to enhance his foreign policy credentials while attempting to paint opponent Barack Obama as an inexperienced novice.  But not everyone is impressed with McCain's standing on veterans issues as Senator.  One of those is Carol Hrdlicka. Her husband was shot down in Vietnam May 18 1965. He was captured in Laos and has never been returned.  Hrdlicka has lobbied on behalf of veterans and prisoners of war since his disappearance.   

INTERVIEW 2

Saturday night, John McCain and Barack Obama appeared on the same stage for the first time of this campaign at the Saddleback Church in Orange County, California. The mega-church hosts an annual civil forum, and this year, the forum was on the presidency.  Pastor Rick Warren invited Obama and McCain and both accepted. The event was not a debate.  Rather, Warren interviewed Obama for an hour, then McCain for an hour, covering topics like abortion, gay marriage, torture, and faith.

Part 2

• What Musharraf's Resignation May Mean for Pakistanis
• Pakistanis in Peshawar React to Musharraf's Resignation
• More on Blackwater's Legal Limbo over Killing of 17 Iraqi Civilians
• New York's Resolution to Defederalize National Guard
• Mogadishu Water's Woes

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• Kashmiris Demand Independence
• Refugee Camps In South Africa Remain Open For Now
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• Japan Seeks Warrants For Anti-Whaling Activists

With a new front of tension developing between Russia and the United States in the Caucuses, New York State Senators joined anti-war activists to announce a resolution to bring the state's National Guard home.  They join 8 other states in a resurgence of anti-war activism in a national campaign to press for the end of the occupation in Iraq and to stop future deployments by the National Guard. Free Speech Radio News correspondent Rebecca Myles reports from New York.

What Musharraf's Resignation May Mean for Pakistanis