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John McCain: General Petraeus, when I was in Baghdad in January, General Raymond Odierno said he had drawn up a contingency plan to…

On the recordFebruary 1, 2010
General Petraeus, when I was in Baghdad in January, General Raymond Odierno said he had drawn up a contingency plan to keep an extra brigade in Iraq, which would leave more than 50,000 U.S. forces in Iraq beyond the President's August 2010 deadline.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain discusses U.S. troop levels in Iraq beyond the President's deadline.

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