Obama promises focus on Middle East peace
USA Today | July 23, 2008
By Kathy Kiely
Barack Obama arrived here Tuesday night emphasizing his solidarity with Israel and vowing as president to bring "sustained energy and focus" on ending the intractable Arab-Israeli conflict — the solution to which could hold the key to peace throughout the Middle East. Upon arrival on a late night flight from Jordan, the Democratic presidential candidate delivered a statement at the airport condemning an attack near the hotel where he was to stay. A Palestinian rammed a construction truck early Tuesday afternoon into three cars and a bus, injuring five people before an Israeli civilian shot and killed the attacker. Obama called the incident "a terrible tragedy" and "one more reminder of why we have to work diligently, urgently and in a unified way to defeat terrorism."
