Kissinger, other former top US diplomats endorse McCain
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Published: Tuesday April 10, 2007
Henry Kissinger and three other former US secretaries of state have endorsed Republican Senator John McCain in his bid for the presidency, his campaign team said on Tuesday.
"The world's challenges are radically changing and our country needs John McCain's experience and optimism," said Kissinger, former national security adviser and secretary of state under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
"His record, character, and belief that America's best days lie ahead make John McCain the right leader for these times," said Kissinger in a statement cited by McCain's campaign team.
McCain has also won support from Alexander Haig and George Shultz, who served as secretaries of state under former president Ronald Reagan, and Lawrence Eagleburger, who was secretary of state under ex-president George H.W. Bush, father of the current president.
Once considered the favorite on the Republican side in the 2008 US presidential race, McCain has been lagging in opinion polls and fundraising.
McCain is an outspoken supporter of the unpopular war Iraq but Kissinger and Eagleburger have said in recent months that a military victory appears out of reach.
Eagleburger participated in the blue-ribbon Iraq Study Group that called for withdrawing most combat troops from Iraq by early 2008.
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Kissinger_other_former_top_US_diplo_04102007.html
Published: Tuesday April 10, 2007
Henry Kissinger and three other former US secretaries of state have endorsed Republican Senator John McCain in his bid for the presidency, his campaign team said on Tuesday.
"The world's challenges are radically changing and our country needs John McCain's experience and optimism," said Kissinger, former national security adviser and secretary of state under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
"His record, character, and belief that America's best days lie ahead make John McCain the right leader for these times," said Kissinger in a statement cited by McCain's campaign team.
McCain has also won support from Alexander Haig and George Shultz, who served as secretaries of state under former president Ronald Reagan, and Lawrence Eagleburger, who was secretary of state under ex-president George H.W. Bush, father of the current president.
Once considered the favorite on the Republican side in the 2008 US presidential race, McCain has been lagging in opinion polls and fundraising.
McCain is an outspoken supporter of the unpopular war Iraq but Kissinger and Eagleburger have said in recent months that a military victory appears out of reach.
Eagleburger participated in the blue-ribbon Iraq Study Group that called for withdrawing most combat troops from Iraq by early 2008.