The legislation, the authorization had the title, an authorization to use U.S. military force, U.S. military force, in Iraq. I think everybody, the day after that vote was taken, understood this was a vote potentially to go to war.
On the recordJanuary 30, 2008
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Obama argues that the vote for military force in Iraq was clearly a vote for war.
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