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John McCain: We'll be fighting this for years to come, but facts are stubborn things and we could have left a residual force if we…

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
We'll be fighting this for years to come, but facts are stubborn things and we could have left a residual force if we had wanted to do so.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

McCain asserts that the U.S. could have maintained a military presence in Iraq.

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