On the recordJuly 2, 2008
He said that he was going to get us out of Iraq. I asked him, are we going to go into Afghanistan with more troops, because that's what President Bush wants to do right now.
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transcripts.cnn.com“He said that he was going to get us out of Iraq. I asked him, are we going to go into Afghanistan with more troops, because that's what President Bush wants to do right now.”
Ed Schultz recounts his conversation with Barack Obama regarding the plans for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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