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Edwards Joins Obama Supporters in New Antiwar Effort
By Walter Alarkon
The Hill
Monday 25 February 2008
Former presidential candidate John Edwards (D-N.C.), whose endorsement is sought
by Democratic presidential rivals Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack
Obama (Ill.), will join several groups that have endorsed Obama in a new effort
to end the Iraq war.
Edwards will appear on a Monday morning conference call with officials from
the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and MoveOn.org, which have
both endorsed Obama. Edwards has yet to make an endorsement since he left the
presidential race in January after placing third in several early primaries.
Edwards, his wife, Elizabeth, and other members of the effort will announce
a "multimillion dollar" effort called the Iraq/Recession Campaign
that aims to highlight the ongoing cost of the Iraq war, according to a press
release. The group is attempting to tie the Iraq war to fears that the U.S.
is entering a recession.
"As economic concerns weigh heavily on the minds of Americans, opposition
to President Bush's reckless war in Iraq continues to grow," the group
said in the release.
Other Democratic groups joining the campaign include VoteVets.org, Americans
United for Change and the Center for American Progress, the liberal think tank
led by John Podesta, a former aide to President Bill Clinton. None of those
organizations, however, has endorsed a candidate for president.
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