Obama and Clinton: More agreement than disagreement

President-elect Barack Obama's selection of Senator Hillary Clinton unleashed a torrent of media coverage, "most of which has focused on grossly exaggerated disagreements during the presidential campaign and behind-the-scenes political maneuvering," says John Isaacs of the Ploughshares-funded Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation.  "The fact is, when it comes to foreign policy, Obama and Clinton agree far more than they disagree."  The goal of a nuclear weapon-free world is a case in point. Obama promised that "as president, I will take the lead to work for a world in which the roles and risks of nuclear weapons can be reduced and ultimately eliminated." Clinton said "I endorse the vision set out by Henry Kissinger, Sam Nunn, Bill Perry, and George Shultz of a world without nuclear weapons and their idea of taking practical steps toward that vision." Read the Center's comparisons of their positions on other key issues, including missile defense and policy toward Iran, Iraq and North Korea.