In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., walks with Israeli President Shimon Peres. right. during their meeting at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Barack Obama, after vowing to immediately work for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations if elected U.S. president, plunged into the intricacies of the region's conflict Wednesday with a packed schedule of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. (AP Photo/ GPO, Moshe Milner, HO) By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama is going for the gold. The Democratic presidential contender has decided to buy $5 million in national advertising on NBC during the broadcast of the Olympic games, an NBC spokeswoman...
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