On the recordJuly 20, 2008
It has to be based on conditions on the ground. But whenever you win wars, and we are winning, then we will be able to come home.
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transcripts.cnn.comJohn McCain: “It has to be based on conditions on the ground. But whenever you win wars, and we are winning, then we will be able to…”
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McCain emphasizes that troop withdrawal should depend on the success of military operations.
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