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Obama McCain no longer rivals
by Zuzana Zelenakova

With the result of the elections resolved President-elect Barack Obama and his former rival Republican John McCain can now forget all the nasty things they said to each other during the heated campaign. They met on Monday at Obama´s transition headquarters in Chicago and discussed the possible ways of cooperation on several subjects including immigration, climate change and others. After 40-minute meeting they both issued a joint statement: "At this defining moment in history, we believe that Americans of all parties want and need their leaders to come together and change the bad habits of Washington so that we can solve the common and urgent challenges of our time." It was their first meeting since November 4 when Obama won his place in White House. Although Obama stated that he wants at least one Republican in his Cabinet, it certainly won´t be John McCain as they both confirmed. Before McCain also Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted an invitation to come to Chicago and talk quietly to President-elect. Clinton is now considered for the position of secretary of state. Clinton and McCain, both successful politicians of present day, only recently exchanged with Obama some harsh words. Now they are here to cooperate and Barack Obama obviously believes they could help him get new administration running smoothly. When it comes to the details of Obama-McCain session the two of them also talked about the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, which none of them approves of, and which Obama promised to close. Another discussed issue was a need to reduce the dependence of the United States on fossil fuels. "We hope to work together in the days and months ahead on critical challenges like solving our financial crisis, creating a new energy economy and protecting our nation's security," they further said in the joint statement.


related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_mccain;_ylt=AvrC3oXnHOXF3XmcbnsSEuis0NUE

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