Barack Obama actually said...

The objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President Sarkozy or others who I expect to be dealing with over the next 8 to 10 years.

Context

Obama explains the purpose of his international trip as preparing for future leadership engagements.

07/20/2008

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