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In Obama's own words, here is how he describes his foreign policy
experience:<br><br>
"CLARION, Iowa Democrat Barack Obama said Monday his childhood
experience in Asia and his family in Kenya give him a greater foreign
policy understanding than politicians who merely take junkets to other
countries. <br><br>
The first-term Illinois senator is frequently asked whether he has the
foreign policy credentials to be president, and he faced the question
again at a town hall meeting in Clarion.<br><br>
‘‘I spent four years living overseas when I was a child living in
Southeast Asia,’’ said Obama, who was born in Hawaii and spent four years
in Indonesia. ‘‘My father is from Kenya. That’s where I got my name. He’s
passed away now, but I still have family.’’<br><br>
‘‘A lot of my knowledge about foreign affairs is not what I just studied
in school. It’s actually having the knowledge of how ordinary people in
these other countries live.’’<br><br>
Reported in the Chicago Sun Times (AP, Nov 19, 2007)</body>
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