Obama on Iraq

09Feb07

In 7 minutes presidential candidate Obama presents his strategy on Iraq–basically pull all troops out by March 31st, 2008 to motivate the Iraqi government to get on the ball and take care of their own country.

What I found notable wasn’t his plan, but that he actually had a plan other than “get our troops home now!”

Barack Obama – U.S. Senator for Illinois

Senator Obama discusses legislation he introduced yesterday: the Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007.

“This plan would not only place a cap on the number of troops in Iraq and stop the escalation, more importantly, it would begin a phased redeployment of U.S. forces with the goal of removing of all U.S. combat forces from Iraq by March 31st, 2008 – consistent with the expectations of the bipartisan Iraq study group that the President has so assiduously ignored.”

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