Obama to target sanctuaries in tribal areas in Pakistan: Promises 10,000 More Troops for Afghanistan
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
“As should have been apparent to President Bush and Senator McCain — the central front in the war on terror is not Iraq, and it never was,” he said. “Al-Qaeda has an expanding base in Pakistan that is probably no farther from their old Afghan sanctuary than a train ride from Washington to Philadelphia,” Obama said in excerpts released by his campaign.
