Morning Update: Obama Rebukes Ahmadinejad
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) condemned what he called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s “hateful and anti-Semitic views” at the United Nations on Tuesday. He called for strong sanctions to “increase pressure on the Iranian regime.”
Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Tuesday as the UN General Assembly debate got underway in New York. She also met Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, reportedly to discuss a proposed U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Palin and Kissinger talked about China, Iran, and Russia (BosGlobe).
Palin, who prior to this week said she had not met with a head of state of another country, is scheduled to meet (FOX) with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Pakistani President Ali Asif Zadari and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday.
