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Congress

Obama Accepts Nomination Amid Defense Talk

Julie Samuel

Friday, September 7th, 2012

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President Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president at his party’s convention last night, when Democrats touted his national-security credentials. The Democratic National Convention (DNC) included more public talk of the military and foreign relations than did the Republican convention in Tampa last week, when the GOP nominated Mitt Romney for president (Defense Daily, Aug. 31). Before Obama took the stage for his acceptance speech, multiple speakers—including Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry…

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