1.31.2007
Obama Calls for U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq by March 2008 (Stuff.co.nz)
Reuters | Wednesday, 31 January 2007
WASHINGTON: Likely presidential contender Senator Barack Obama called today for the removal of all US combat forces from Iraq by March 2008, in answer to what he called President George W Bush's "failed policy of escalation".
"Our troops have performed brilliantly in Iraq, but no amount of American soldiers can solve the political differences at the heart of somebody else's civil war," Obama said in a statement.
"That's why I have introduced a plan to not only stop the escalation of this war, but begin a phased redeployment that can pressure the Iraqis to finally reach a political settlement and reduce the violence," said the Illinois Democrat, a leading contender for his party's presidential nomination in 2008.
Obama said his plan focuses on reaching a political solution in Iraq, protecting US interests in the region, and bringing the war to an end.
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WASHINGTON: Likely presidential contender Senator Barack Obama called today for the removal of all US combat forces from Iraq by March 2008, in answer to what he called President George W Bush's "failed policy of escalation".
"Our troops have performed brilliantly in Iraq, but no amount of American soldiers can solve the political differences at the heart of somebody else's civil war," Obama said in a statement.
"That's why I have introduced a plan to not only stop the escalation of this war, but begin a phased redeployment that can pressure the Iraqis to finally reach a political settlement and reduce the violence," said the Illinois Democrat, a leading contender for his party's presidential nomination in 2008.
Obama said his plan focuses on reaching a political solution in Iraq, protecting US interests in the region, and bringing the war to an end.
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