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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 22, 2007

The truth of the matter is: If we started today, it would take one year, one year to get 160,000 troops physically out of Iraq, logistically. You cannot pull out of Iraq without the follow-on that's been projected here, unless you have a…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 21, 2007

That's not just a Latino problem or an African-American problem; that is an American problem that we have to solve.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 21, 2007

It will take all of us to stand up to a drug and insurance industry that spent $1 billion in lobbying to block health care reform.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 21, 2007

I have a universal health care plan that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premiums by up to $2500 a year.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 21, 2007

I will sign this universal health care plan by the end of my first term in office as your President.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 19, 2007

I just introduced this bill on nonproliferation -- you know, nuclear weapons that are out there, loose nukes in former Soviet territory.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Jul 19, 2007

My wife, Cindy, was a teacher of special education before I took her out of an honest line of work.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Jul 19, 2007

You know, I'm not sitting here as some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 19, 2007

With the fine people of Michigan in front of me and with my sweetheart at my side, I declare my intention to run for president of United States.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jul 19, 2007

How much sex education is age-appropriate for a 5-year-old? In my view, zero is the right amount.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 18, 2007

We know that this cargo hold is the place where they can place the bomb that can create another 9/11.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Jul 18, 2007

America would be playing Russian roulette, because there really would be no true inspection of that cargo.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 17, 2007

Doing the lord's work is a thread that runs through our politics since the very beginning.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 17, 2007

Doing the Lord's work is a thread that runs through our politics since the very beginning.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 17, 2007

The moral question about poverty in America - How can a country like this allow it? - has an easy answer: we can't.

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