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On the recordApril 7, 2008
Fifteen months into the surge, we have gone from drowning to treading water. We're still spending $3 billion every week and we're still losing -- thank God it's less -- but 30 to 40 American lives every month. We can't keep treading water without exhausting ourselves. But that's what the president seem to be asking us to do.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Joe Biden critiques the ongoing situation in Iraq, emphasizing the continued loss of American lives and the unsustainable nature of the current strategy.

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