On the recordDecember 4, 2006
For, only through this phased redeployment can we send a clear message to the Iraqi factions that the United States is not going to hold together this country indefinitely.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “For, only through this phased redeployment can we send a clear message to the Iraqi factions that the United States is…”
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Barack Obama advocates for a phased redeployment of troops to signal U.S. intentions in Iraq.
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