President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan Aitzaz Ahsan says an independent justice system in Pakistan would be a be good tool against the war on terror. (2:53)

 

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McCain-Palin Foreign Policy Adviser Randy Scheunemann warns of the issues in Sen. Obama’s foreign policy plans. He also says that Obama is hesitant to admit when he is wrong. (0:58)

 

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Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani says that Biden’s comments that Obama would get tested early in his presidency are very revealing to the danger an Obama presidency would bring. (1:09)

 

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Speaking to reporters after the first presidential debate, Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe says that McCain needed a game-changing moment, and this debate was supposed to be his strength, but Obama “commanded” that section of the debate. (1:01)

 

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Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) expresses concern over the perceived militarization of the US foreign policy (2:08).

 

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Senior foreign affairs advisors for John McCain, Kori Schake and Randy Scheunemann, discuss the setbacks Barack Obama has when it comesto foreign policy, especially in Afghanistan. Following Obama’s speech about national security, Schuenemann said it is interesting that Obama gave this speech, especially since he has not been to Iraq in over 900 days and has never been to Afghanistan. Rep. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) sees problems with committee organization and action on issues in Afghanistan. (17:50)

 

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Experts discussed the Afghanistan policies of Barack Obama and John McCain during a conference call. Following Obama’s recent foreign policy speech, the experts referred his record on the Afghanistan issue.

Rep. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said that McCain was able to come up with a strategy in Iraq that worked. Randy Scheunemann, a senior foreign policy advisor for the McCain Campaign, questioned the timing of Obama’s foreign policy speech. Scheunemann noted that it is strange for Obama to discuss Middle East foreign policy when the senator has not visited Iraq in 900 days, has never been to Afghanistan, or met privately with Gen. David Petraeus.

Kori Schake, another senior foreign policy advisor for McCain, outlined McCain’s strategy in Afghanistan. McCain will work with allies to make sure their is unity of leadership, appoint an Afghanistani official to better organize U.S. policy, and increase the amounts of troops by three brigades, Schake said. Two brigades would be for combat and one would be for training, Scheunemann said. McCain will also increase non-military assistance, such as counter narcotics strategy and regional diplomatic issues.

Scheunemann said Obama contradicted himself when he said that 10,000 to 20,000 additional troops would make no significant difference back in 2007, but then, in January 2008, argued that he said more troops would be beneficial. Obama has a commitment to leave Iraq, but not to win, Scheunemann said. Obama, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, chose to cut off funding for Afghanistan despite never holding a hearing about it.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama discusses the many consequences of war in Iraq during foreign policy and national security speech. Obama mentions how he wants “America once again to lead.” (1:36)

 

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama discusses the ways America could have acted following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 during his speech on foreign policy and national security. (2:01)

 

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Two experts on Iranian foreign policy discussed their respective theories on
Iran’s electoral trends and security policies. Professor Ali Ansari, director of the
Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St. Andrews, claimed that as
Iran’s domestic situation worsens, President Ahmadinejad tends to focus on
international issues, which will only hurt Iran. (more…)