February 18, 2007 (LAS VEGAS) - Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday railed against "slash and burn" politics in Washington in a brief stop in Nevada, his first since declaring his presidential ambitions.
"We've got to get beyond the small politics, ... the slash and burn politics that have become the custom in Washington," the Illinois senator told a crowd of about 3,500 gathered at an outdoor amphitheater in Las Vegas.
Obama promised to restore a sense of hope and community to the country.
"We all have a stake in each other. We are bound together, we are mutually responsible to make sure that every child has an opportunity, to make sure that every family has the capacity to support their children and look for a better future," he said.
He repeated his calls for more education funding and for the return of significant numbers of U.S. troops from Iraq by March 31. He also promised to reform the health care system in his first term in the White House.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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