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On the recordOctober 1, 2008
Barack Obama and I agree fully and completely on one thing. You have to have a timeline to draw down the troops and shift responsibility to the Iraqis. We're spending $10 billion a month while the Iraqis have an $80 billion surplus. Barack says it's time for them to spend their own money, have the 400,000 military we trained for them begin to take their own responsibility and gradually over 16 months withdrawal. John McCain, this is a fundamental difference between us, we will end this war. For John McCain there is no end in sight to end this war.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Joe Biden emphasizes the need for a timeline to withdraw troops from Iraq and contrasts his position with John McCain's.

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