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On the recordMarch 1, 2007
I opposed this war from the beginning - in part because I believed that giving this President the open-ended authority to invade Iraq would lead to the open-ended occupation we find ourselves in today.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama reflecting on his opposition to the Iraq War.

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