National Security Debate

Obama Mounts Defense of Detainee Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/us/politics/22obama.html?_r=1&hp


Read more: "President Obama: U.S. 'went off course' fighting terror - Mike Allen - POLITICO.com" - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22804.html#ixzz0GAiiMqJI&A


President Obama, Dick Cheney Face Off on National Security Issues
The President and Former Vice President Deliver Dueling Terrorism Speeches
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7643032&page=1


Protecting Our Security and Our Values
By Barack Obama
National Archives Museum
Washington, D.C.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/21/obama_guantanamo_speech_transcript_96610.html

The United States Has Never Lost Its Moral Bearings
By Dick Cheney
American Enterprise Institute
Washington D.C.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/21/cheney_obama_keeping_america_safe_96615.html

Obama pushes back on torture, terror
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/21/obama_speech/

Fear
John Podhoretz
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/jpodhoretz/66911

The Highs and Lows of Obama's Big Speech
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/white-house-watch/looking-backward/the-highs-ans-lows-of-obamas-b.html

A Middle Ground on Enemy Combatants
By Joe Klein
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1900052,00.html

OBAMA MAKES THE CASE ON GITMO....
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_05/018286.php

Obama's Speech Could Only Be Given on a Sunny Spring Day
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDMyMDM4MjBiNzU1YmJlYTQ3NjM4N2Y0Njg0NzVmOTg=

Obama's Speech: Restoring American Values To Keep U.S. Safe
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2009/05/obamas_speech_restoring_americ.html

Obama Returns To Persuasion Mode
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/president-obama/obama-returns-to-persuasion-mode-in-big-national-security-speech/