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USA Today Editoweb 18 June 2008

Obama meets with national security advisory group - Fla.'s Crist has new view of offshore drilling ban - Bush to Congress: Embrace energy exploration now.



Obama meets with national security advisory group

Democrat Barack Obama sought advice Wednesday from national security experts who served in Congress and the Clinton administration on how to overhaul U.S. foreign policy if he wins the presidency.

Fla.'s Crist has new view of offshore drilling ban

Gov. Charlie Crist has dropped his long-standing support for the federal government's ban on offshore oil drilling and endorsed Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain's proposal to let states decide.

Muslim woman: Scarf kept her from seat near Obama

A young Muslim woman said she and another woman were refused seats directly behind Barack Obama — and in front of TV cameras — at a Detroit rally because they wear head scarfs.

Bush to Congress: Embrace energy exploration now

With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needs to increase its energy production. Democrats quickly rejected the idea.

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