Politics End In Halifax As Democratic and GOP Senators Seek Common Ground on National Security

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Politics End In Halifax As Democratic and GOP Senators Seek Common Ground on National Security

by Tim Mak at the Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/22/politics-end-in-halifax-as-democratic-and-gop-senators-seek-common-ground-on-national-security.html

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Sens. John McCain and Tim Kaine led a congressional delegation to the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada this weekend, and something spectacular happened. The two senators engaged in a far more amicable conversation than would have ever been seen in the Sunday news shows, from grilling of witnesses in committees, or with reporters chasing them down the corridors of Congress.

Why, at this conference, some 800 miles outside of Washington, D.C. the Republican and Democrat even allowed themselves to express some optimism.
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"I'm very optimistic about the future of the United States of America. We're going to be energy independent, manufacturing jobs are coming home, we are seeing a steady improvement in our economy," McCain said, even as he expressed concern about the place of America on the world stage.

Kaine picked up the former sentiment, arguing against the notion that America is on decline.

The United States is experiencing the longest stretch of jobs growth in the history of the nation, and the Dow Jones closed at a record high, the Virginia Democrat said. It's also become the largest energy producer in the world, even while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In Afghanistan, the United States has contributed to increasing life expectancy from 44 years to 61 years. And its military destroyed a large portion of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile.




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1. After killing Obama's foreign policy for two years straight the GOP suddenly stop obstructing.

It is like they gave the Obama White House a massive dose of radiation to kill his Presidency and now they want to insert their own success in the narrative (marrow). ***holes!