Just ahead of today’s Iowa caucuses Republican Rudy Giuliani delivered a speech in New Hampshire laying out new proposals for the war on terror. He called for a “surge” of troops in Afghanistan, and said the United States should be more “aggressive about ending illegal terrorist propaganda,” among other suggestions.

The Giuliani campaign also released a new ad featuring footage of militant Arabs and warning of an “enemy without borders,” a “people perverted,” and a “nuclear power in chaos,” apparently referencing Pakistan:

Kenya: Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) taped a Voice of America broadcast yesterday pleading for an end to the violence in Kenya. “The way forward is not through violence; it is through democracy and the rule of law,” said Obama, whose father was a native Kenyan.

Oil: John Edwards responded to news that the price of oil had reached $100 a barrel yesterday, calling it “just another example of how corporate greed is squeezing the middle class.”