http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/national_security_foreign_policy This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: National Security/Foreign Policy en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200811180010 In a <em>New York Post</em> column about recent comments President-elect Barack Obama made concerning Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, Ralph Peters claimed that, "Bush has done all he could to finish off the Al Qaeda leader (for Bush, it was personal; for Obama, it's just political)." But, in asserting that Bush "has done all he could to finish off" bin Laden, Peters ignored statements Bush has made denying the importance of capturing or killing bin Laden. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811180010 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:13:34 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811120012 Conservative media figures have baselessly asserted that President-elect Barack Obama's reported intention to close the detention facility at Guant&aacute;namo Bay would result in the release of terrorists and place the country at risk. In fact, news reports state that Obama is considering trials for some detainees and the potential release of others who have been cleared. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811120012 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:52:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810240002 CNN's Jason Carroll aired Cindy McCain's claim that Sen. Barack Obama's "vote to not fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body." However, Carroll did not point out that Sen. John McCain himself voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810240002 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:00:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160015 MSNBC's David Shuster baselessly suggested Sen. Barack Obama "bear[s] a little bit of responsibility" for Jesse Jackson's reported comments about how U.S. policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would change under an Obama administration -- even though Jackson is not part of the Obama campaign -- because during the previous debate, Shuster said, Sen. John McCain was "pretty clear" in answering the question of whether the U.S. would commit troops to Israel if it was attacked by Iran, whereas Obama was not. In fact, Obama and McCain gave similar responses in key respects. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200810160015 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:38:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090011 MSNBC.com's First Read again falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain "opposed, but did not vote," on a 2007 troop-funding appropriations bill. In fact, while McCain did not vote on a later version of the appropriations bill, he voted against the measure on March 29, 2007, and said at the time that he was opposing it, in part, because it "would establish a timeline" for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090011 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:11:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090004 The <em>CBS Evening News</em>, Fox News' <em>The Live Desk</em>, and the <em>Politico</em>'s Jonathan Martin noted Cindy McCain's attack on Sen. Barack Obama that his "vote to not fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body." However, none of their reports pointed out that Sen. John McCain himself voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810090004 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:34:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810040003 On <em>Lou Dobbs Tonight</em>, Michael Goodwin and Lou Dobbs falsely claimed that Sen. Joe Biden was wrong when he said during the vice-presidential debate that Sen. John McCain "voted against funding the troops" in a 2007 bill making supplemental appropriations for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, McCain voted against a supplemental appropriations bill on March 29, 2007, saying at the time that he was opposing it, in part, because it "would establish a timeline" for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810040003 Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:00:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030025 <em>The New York Times</em> and the<em> Los Angeles Times</em> both reported Gov. Sarah Palin's attack during the vice-presidential debate that Sen. "Barack Obama voted against funding troops" without noting, as Sen. Joe Biden pointed out in response, that "[Sen.] John McCain voted the exact same way. John McCain voted against funding the troops because of an amendment he voted against had a timeline in it to draw down American troops." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030025 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:53:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030010 In reports on the vice presidential debate, CBSNews.com, MSNBC.com, and FactCheck.org all falsely claimed that Sen. Joe Biden's statement that Sen. John McCain "voted against funding the troops" in a 2007 appropriations bill was wrong. In fact, while McCain did not vote on a later version of the appropriations bill, he voted against the measure on March 29, 2007, and said at the time that he was opposing it, in part, because it "would establish a timeline" for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810030010 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:01:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810020031 ABC News correspondent Kate Snow uncritically quoted Gov. Sarah Palin's claim that Sen. Barack Obama voted for "[c]utting off funding for our troops while in a war zone." However, Snow did not report that Sen. John McCain voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as Obama noted during the September 26 presidential debate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810020031 Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:00:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010008 The<em> Los Angeles Times</em> quoted a new Vets for Freedom ad that claims, "Barack Obama skipped 45% of Senate votes but did manage to show up to vote against emergency funding for our troops," but the <em>Times </em>failed to note that Sen. John McCain has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- a point Obama made during the first presidential debate when McCain accused him of voting against troop funding. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810010008 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:02:54 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280007 On NBC's <em>Meet the Press</em>, Tom Brokaw did not challenge Steve Schmidt's false claim that Sen. John McCain "called for the firing of Don Rumsfeld." In fact, the McCain campaign itself reportedly admitted that McCain did not call for Rumsfeld to be fired, or for his resignation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280007 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:53:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270011 CNN aired clips of what correspondent Jim Acosta called a "new ad from John McCain" that "makes one of the most explosive charges of the campaign, accusing Barack Obama of endangering American soldiers by voting to cut off funds for the war." Despite mentioning that Obama said in the September 26 presidential debate that "he opposed that bill because it lacked a timeline for troop withdrawal," Acosta failed to note Obama also pointed out that McCain himself has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270011 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:32:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270006 In repeating a claim by a campaign adviser to Sen. John McCain that "McCain would continue to criticize Obama for voting against a bill that included funding for troops," <em>Politico</em> reporters Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin didn't note that McCain himself has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as Obama pointed out during their September 26 presidential debate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270006 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:11:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250017 KSFO radio hosts Lee Rodgers and Brian Sussman repeated the falsehood that a 1995 memo written by then-deputy attorney general Jamie Gorelick prohibited intelligence-sharing between the FBI and the CIA, thereby causing the intelligence failures that led to the 9-11 attacks. In fact, the Gorelick memo merely clarified long-unwritten restrictions on the sharing of information between the FBI's intelligence arm and the Justice Department's criminal division, and had no impact on communications between the FBI and the CIA, Department of Defense, or any other agencies. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250017 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:14:15 EST