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Obama's first trip will be to Canada

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A spokesman for the Canadian prime minister today confirmed that Barack Obama's first foreign trip as president will be to Canada.

Barack Obama to visit Canada after inauguration (Canada.com)

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Why? Besides it's a quick and safe place to visit, it's Afghanistan. Polls show that most Canadians want to a withdrawl of troops from Afghanistan. One person against this is Barack Obama. This is test of worldwide popularity Obama kept trying to sell American voters on...

Or...he could be going to smooth over that little NAFTA pot Plouffe stirred up during the primaries.

Lions for Lambs is the film to see about the whole dirty mess with Afghanistan.
We need solar and wind power and the electric cars GM and others killed

It wasn't David Plouffe (which is a very French-Canadian surname btw)... It's Chicago's own Austan Goolsbee

Even with such a short visit planned for tomorrow, President Obama's visit has garnered a great deal of excitement both in Ottawa, as well as throughout Canada.


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