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"Electionista&amp;#039;s expert, Julie Mason, answers YOUR questions about the 2008 race to the White House!  &amp;quot;What do each of the candidates want to do about the war in the Middle East? &amp;quot;\u2014Jhoone, 15, Mountain Home, AR Hey Jhoone, great question! It&amp;#039;s totally weird \u2014 for all their differences on some major issues, Barack Obama and John McCain are surprisingly similar on the Middle East. I suppose that&amp;#039;s why they don&amp;#039;t talk about it too much \u2014 nothing big to argue over! But anyway, both candidates support increasing military aid to Israel, and they believe Israel has a right to defend itself from troublesome neighbors. They also share a concern over Iran&amp;#039;s nuclear ambitions, which Israel believes could be a threat to the region (and particularly to Israel). Both candidates support the so-called two-state solution, which calls for Israel and Palestine to live side by side as peaceful, if not always entirely friendly, neighbors. Both candidates take a dim view of countries that fail to recognize Israel&amp;#039;s right to be there, and they hope to encourage the Palestinians with some economic assistance (in part by leaning on other countries to pitch in!). Do you have a question about the 2008 presidential election? Click here to submit yours to the Electionista experts! Who do you trust more to handle international affairs, McCain or Obama? What do you think of the &amp;quot;two-state solution&amp;quot;? Sound off below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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