Obama Pledges To Double Foreign Aid – Live in Vegas
Barack Obama was in Las Vegas last week to hold a rally and give a foreign policy speech at Cheyenne High School.
Pastor Adam Phillips from Chicago and Lawrence Temfwe from Zambia happened to be in town for a luncheon we held earlier in the day with leaders from the faith community. They were able to meet with Senator Obama prior to his speech and afterwards they were called upon to ask a question:
-Matthew Higginson
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