“…Before arriving in Afghanistan Barack Obama visited troops in Kuwait where he found time to play basketball. In his first overseas trip as the likely democratic nominee Obama needs to score points with voters back home. …”

“…because most Americans according to an ABC news survey believe -- rival John McCain has a better knowledge of world affairs and trust him more to handle a major crisis. But all eyes on Obama -- …”

“…I say words not weaponry. . By the tools of the new civilization. And you are in that engaged in the that conveying of words young people we …”

“…violence could be moving elsewhere the top US commander in Baghdad says Al Qaeda may be shifting focus to Afghanistan. In an Associated Press interview General David Petraeus said they're not going to abandon Iraq they're not going to write it off none of that but what they certainly may do is start to provide some of those resources that would have come to Iraq to Pakistan possibly Afghanistan. Petraeus also stressed that the number of foreign fighters coming into Iraq has gone down. The increasing stability in Iraq is welcome news to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. . At a meeting in Baghdad with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki brown said he wants to reduce the number of British troops now at 4000. But refuses to set a timetable for withdrawal …”