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On the recordJanuary 22, 2007
I did not see the president charting out a new course that would persuade either myself or the American people that -- that we're going about this thing in the right way.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Senator Obama expresses skepticism about the president's approach to the Iraq war.

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