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Barack Obama: “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…”

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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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Ed Schultz recounts his conversation with Barack Obama regarding the plans for Iraq and Afghanistan.

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