| The key issues of the Obama Campaign, or of | | | | opposed to the Bush administration's stand on |
| any presidential candidate for that matter, have | | | | these issues, will go hand in hand with a lot of |
| always been of interest to large number of | | | | reforms. To ensure that the troops have the |
| people. What America does in terms of its policies, | | | | resources, support, and equipment they need to |
| within and outside of the nation, certainly proves | | | | protect themselves and fulfill their mission, to |
| influential and important for the rest of the world. | | | | change the rigid national security structure |
| Here is a brief account of Obama's views on | | | | inherited from the Cold War era, to address the |
| various issues like civil rights, economy and | | | | problem of recruitment and retention in the |
| defense. | | | | armed forces and to provide proper care |
| Disparities continue to trouble the American civil | | | | attention to wounded soldiers and veterans are |
| rights system. Intolerance and hate crimes have | | | | his top priorities. |
| been on the rise. Recent studies have discovered | | | | One of the biggest challenges of the Obama |
| numerous organized efforts to intimidate mislead | | | | campaign will be to jumpstart the economy. A |
| and suppress minority voters and pay inequity | | | | sore point with the Americans for a long time |
| among men and women continue too in one of | | | | now, Obama's policies will make space for a |
| the most advanced nations of the world. Obama | | | | windfall profits tax on excessive oil company |
| plans to counter these attacks by strengthening | | | | profits to give American families an immediate |
| civil rights enforcement; working to overturn the | | | | $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help families |
| Supreme Court's recent ruling that curtails racial | | | | pay rising bills. He will also provide $50 billion to |
| minorities' and women's ability to challenge pay | | | | jumpstart the economy and prevent 1 million |
| discrimination and to ensure equal pay for equal | | | | Americans from losing their jobs. Many tax |
| work. Obama's policies with regard to deceptive | | | | reforms are also in the pipeline to provide relief to |
| voting practices and racial profiling are also going | | | | the middle class. Through his emphasis on free |
| to be stringent. | | | | market and fair trade Obama wants to ensure he |
| Defense and economy are the two bulwarks of | | | | strengthens the American economy and creates |
| the American nation and both have suffered a lot | | | | more jobs. |
| of late. Obama's views, which are stringently | | | | |