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November 11, 2008
Pulitzer-Winning Author Alice Walker on Obama’s First White House Visit as President-Elect
One day after Barack Obama’s first visit to the White House as President-elect, we speak to the Pulitzer-winning novelist Alice Walker. In a recent open letter to Obama, Walker writes, “Seeing you take your rightful place, based solely on your wisdom, stamina and character, is a balm for the weary warriors of hope, previously only sung about.” [includes rush transcript]
AMY GOODMAN: Alice, I wanted to get a comment from you on another person who has responded to the election of Barack Obama. We’re going behind
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Barack Obama, Nov. 4th acceptance Speech:
[To] all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world - our stories are singular but our destiny is shared. A new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
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Afghanistan |
Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, congratulated Obama on his US election victory, saying it took the world into a "new era".
However, Karzai said Obama should aim to prevent civilians in Afghanistan from being killed and injured by the US military.
"Our demand is that there will be no civilian casualties in Afghanistan. We cannot win the fight against terrorism with air strikes," Karzai said.
"This is my first demand of the new
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Its long, but A MUST-WATCH:
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