ORLANDO -- After his speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama sat down for an exclusive interview with News 13's.
Obama said he thought the economy is going to be the No. 1 issue Americans are going to be thinking about when they head to the polls in November.
Harris and Obama talked about his tax policy, about how whether people had to be comfortable to vote for him and about what will happen at the Kennedy Space Center.
Harris: "Your position on the space program seems to have evolved some."
Obama: "Well, it's true that early on, one of the principles that I have is that I pay as I go. I'm not going to make a proposal unless I know how to pay for it, and in one of our earlier proposals, we had looked at extending the Constellation program longer, and stretching it out so that we could take some of that money to pay for education programs.
In consultation with space community here in Orlando and around the country, my conclusion is that we have to have that in place to have a transition from the space shuttle to the next generation of space exploration.
I've now been working with Bill Nelson, John Glenn -- they've helped to unveil our plan. It has gotten strong reviews from the space community, and in light of what's happening in Russia, we have to start thinking about whether or not adding some additional flights on the space shuttle are going to be necessary in order to use the space lab -- the space station -- because, frankly right now, we don't know what our relationship is going to be."
After the interview, Harris noted that Obama had mentioned his friend Joe Biden in his speech to the veterans.
Obama laughed and said, "Good try," but he would not tell News 13, or even give a hint about who his vice presidential pick will be or when he will make the announcement.
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