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Article: Beyond the presidential r㩳m㩊L:.(EDITORIAL)(presidential elections in the United States)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 13, 2007
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Does Barack Obama have enough experience to be president? Does Hillary Clinton? That's a major point of debate in the white-hot race between these Democratic front-runners. History, however, shows experience is of mixed value, especially in national security and foreign policy.
Presidential candidates typically come with qualifications in domestic governance. They've led a state or legislated in Congress. If there's a hole in their resumes, it's on the foreign side.
That's perhaps why Senator Clinton touts meeting world leaders as first lady and her Senate experience, while Senator Obama points to his experience of a childhood in Indonesia and relatives ...