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On the recordFebruary 25, 2008
Last January, when the president announced the -- the so-called surge, he laid out 15 political benchmarks the Iraqi government needed to meet. Yesterday, John McCain said that almost of them -- with almost of them, we're either making progress or have succeeded.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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Referencing the political benchmarks set by the president regarding the surge in Iraq.

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