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On the recordSeptember 25, 2008
Barack Obama stresses -- puts heavier stress on diplomacy, working with other nations, trying to go a different way from what George Bush has gone. And John McCain has a much tougher, more muscular view; it's much closer to the neoconservative position.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen contrasts the foreign policy approaches of Obama and McCain, highlighting Obama's focus on diplomacy versus McCain's tougher stance.

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