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ON THE TRAIL

July 9, 2008

Barack Obama dismissed the notion yesterday that he has shifted stances on Iraq, guns and the death penalty to break with his party's liberal wing and court a wider swath of voters. "The people who say this haven't apparently been listening to me," he said at a town-hall-style event in Powder Springs, Ga. Obama blamed criticism from "my friends on the left" and "some of the media" in part on cynicism that ascribes political motives to every move candidates make. "You're not going to agree with me on 100 percent of what I think, but don't assume that if I don't agree with you on something that it must be because I'm doing that politically," he said."

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said yesterday that John McCain would carry out the Bush administration's missile defense plans in Poland if he were elected. Sikorski said that in their meeting yesterday, McCain expressed his support for Poland's demand for security guarantees. "The support of such a major figure and a well-known strategist as Sen. McCain for a deal that enhances both countries' security is a useful contribution," he said. Sikorski said he received no such assurances from Obama. Though Sikorski and Obama spoke by phone Monday, Sikorski said he avoided discussing missile defense, the most urgent issue in Polish-American relations. "I did not think it was my business in my first conversation with him to raise a controversial issue," Sikorski said.

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