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Barack Obama: “Apparently, I wasn't clear enough this morning on my position with respect to the war in Iraq. I have said throughout…”

On the recordJuly 2, 2008
Apparently, I wasn't clear enough this morning on my position with respect to the war in Iraq. I have said throughout this campaign that this war was ill-conceived, that it was a strategic blunder, and that it needs to come to an end.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama clarifies his stance on the Iraq war during a broadcast.

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