Former Assistant IDF Chief of Staff Uzi Dayan, who recently joined the Likud party, has demanded that the Obama campaign committee remove his appearance in an advertisement for Sen. Barack Obama. The commercial includes statements by Dayan and other former senior military officials that support the Democratic senator or criticized the Bush administration.

 

Dayan said he was interviewed in the summer on Middle East policy questions that the next administration would have to deal with but did not know the interview would be used in a campaign video. "I never said I support Obama or his opinions," Dayan said.