Obama: World wants to see U.S. lead

By admin on May 9th, 2008

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that the most important thing he could achieve as president would be to deal with Iraq and the threat of al Qaeda in Afghanistan while improving “our influence around the world.”

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