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John McCain: But what -- Romney is talking about what I'm talking about, is that this president is weak in his leadership. We are…

On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
But what -- Romney is talking about what I'm talking about, is that this president is weak in his leadership. We are losing in Iraq, after -- in the words of General Cane (ph), we won the war and we're losing the peace. Because we didn't leave a residual force.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

McCain agrees with Romney's assessment of President Obama's leadership as weak, particularly regarding Iraq.

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