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On the recordJuly 12, 2007
Democratic candidates for president will argue for the course of cutting our losses and withdrawing from the threat in the vain hope it will not follow us here. I cannot join them in such wishful and very dangerous thinking.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain criticizes Democratic candidates' views on withdrawal from Iraq, asserting the need for a continued military presence.

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