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Courting Young Votes with Rolling Stone B U S I N E S S G u id e
R eflecting on w hether there had
been a change in racial politics since
G ates, he m ade it clear to the m ilitary he becam e president, O bam a said
brass that, "I very m uch believe in he has never accepted the idea that
civilian control o f our m ilitary, and his election represented a "post-
that m ilitary decisions are in service racial period."
o f strategies and broader co n ce p ­
Still, he said, he often hears people
tions o f diplom acy that are m ade rem ark about the im portance to black
here in this W hite H ouse."
children o f having an A frican-A m eri­
"They know I care about them can president and A frican -A m eri­
and I respect them , and I think they can first lady.
respect m e and listen to w hat I say,"
"T hat's h u g ely im portant," he
he said. "They understand that I’m added, "but you shouldn't also u n ­
the com m ander in chief."
d erestim ate the fact that there are a
He said the operation to kill O sam a w hole bunch o f little w hite girls and
bin Laden illustrated the "construc­ w hite boys all across the country
tive relationship" he has developed w ho ju st take it fo r granted that
w ith the Pentagon.
there's an A frican-A m erican p resi­
O n Iraq, he said he had fulfilled dent. T hat's the president they're
his prom ise to end the w ar re sp o n ­ grow ing up w ith, and that's c h an g ­
sibly.
ing attitudes."
"It w asn't as fast as som e people
N o interview w ith R olling Stone
w ould have liked," he said. "It was is com plete w ithout cultural to u ch ­
probably faster than som e folks in sto n e s.
the Pentagon w ould have liked."
O bam a recalled w atching singer
c o n t i n u e d f r o m page A13
M ick Jag g er rehearse fo r his a p ­
pearance during a February W hite
H ouse tribute to the blues and w as
im pressed by the respect the R oll­
ing Stones frontm an displayed to ­
w ard lesser-k n o w n and y o u n g er
m usicians. He said Jag g er recalled
the generosity he had experienced
u p o n m eetin g b lu es g re a ts like
H ow lin' W o lf and B.B. K ing, and
displayed "the sense o f him w an t­
ing to do that sam e thing, that it all
com es full circle."
As he often does, O bam a said he
is not a fan o f television new s, though
he admitted to liking Comedy Central's
"The Daily Show " w ith Jon Stewart,
w hom he called "brilliant."
As for his ow n pop talents, O bam a
w as m atter-of-fact about his tw o
acclaim ed, though abbreviated, m o ­
m ents o f public singing.
"I can sing," he said confidently.
"I w asn't w orried about being able
to hit those notes."
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