Sunday, June 8, 2008

Nigeria: Against McCain, Obama Gains 18m Clinton Voters - AllAfrica.com

Louis Achi With Agency reportsLagos

Yesterday, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., US, Senator Edmund Hillary Bill Bill Clinton pledged her sum support for Democratic Party's flag bearer, Senator Barack Obama in an attempt to unite the political party after a arduous presidential primary supr-emacy conflict between the duo.

With this historical development, Obama additions 18 million strong professional Clinton electors ahead of his concluding conflict for the White Person House against presumptive Republican Party candidate, Toilet McCain.

"I back him and throw my full support behind him and I inquire of you to fall in me in working as difficult for Barack Obama as you have got for me. You'll always happen me on the presence lines of democracy combat for the future," Bill Clinton told a teeming, emotional crowd of her supporters.

Conceding on a wry short letter that this wasn't the political political party she had planned, the former First Lady and serving senator thanked the "18m of you from all walkings of life" who voted for her.

"This isn't exactly the party I planned but I sure like the company. Today as I suspend my campaign, I compliment him on the triumph he have won and the extraordinary political political political campaign he have won," she said.

Expressing gratitude to "all who poured their Black Maria into this campaign," Bill Bill Clinton additional urged her protagonists to now guarantee all their energy and passionateness was directed towards getting Obama elected.

Much of Clinton's address focused on her fighting to be the first adult female president of the US. Although she had not succeeded, she proclaimed there were now "18m clefts in the glass ceiling" preventing a adult female from winning the White Person House.

She told her protagonists to: "Aim high, work difficult and attention deeply about what you believe in."

Barack Obama won enough delegates to effectively procure the nomination after the concluding primary elections last Tuesday. He will confront the Republican presumptive nominee, Toilet McCain, in November. Intense guess stays about who Obama will take as his running play mate.

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Both Bill Bill Clinton and Obama met last Thursday, but small have been made public of the meeting.

Significantly, Clinton have distanced herself from studies that she was hoping to be on the November ticket with Obama. A statement from her political campaign squad last Thursday said she was "not seeking the vice-presidency". It added: "The pick here is Senator Obama's and his alone."

Meanwhile, Obama have announced a squad to assist him do his choice but have said he will not be rushed.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,090

As of Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at least 4,090 members of the U.S. armed forces have got died in the Republic Of Iraq warfare since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,332 died as a consequence of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is one more than than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

The British military have reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; Elevation Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Georgia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one decease each.

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The up-to-the-minute deceases reported by the military:

_ Three soldiers were killed Wednesday by small-arms fire in Hawijah.

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The up-to-the-minute designations reported by the military:

_ No designations reported.

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