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Title: AP Campaign Minute View count: 747 Rating: 4.33 (3 ratings) Description: SelectPlusAP Campaign MinuteAP Campaign MinuteThe Associated PressHere's the latest news from the campaign trail for July 9, 2008: Obama votes for FISA; McCain, Obama call for new pressure on Iran; AFL-CIO ad criticizes McCain on war, veterans; No more interviews for Obama's kids.[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] This is A-P Campaign Minute. Barack Obama was at the Senate to vote on a terrorism surveillance bill.He was among under a third of Senators who voted to support an amendment that would have removed immunity for telecom companies who helped the government eavesdrop after 9/11. They were defeated on a 66-32 vote. =Both Obama and John McCain agree that Iran's missile tests call for new pressure on that country ... But they're split on how to handle the situation.Obama stressed direct diplomacy ... McCain focused on tougher sanctions.=The AFL-CIO plans to begin airing a new ad in six presidential battleground states. The ad will feature a Vietnam veteran criticizing McCain's position on Iraq. It's part of an effort to reach the two-point-one million military veterans nationwide.=And don't expect to see Obama's daughters on T-V again any time soon. Obama said he had second thoughts after seeing how much attention the syndicated program 'Access Hollywood' received. ___ ___, The Associated Press, with AP Campaign Minute. (****END****) Tags: ap, campaign, minute, Author: AssociatedPress |
