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Barack Obama: “I don't want to give this President any excuse, or any opening for war.”

On the recordOctober 11, 2007
I don't want to give this President any excuse, or any opening for war.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama Campaign Press Release - Obama Says Next President Must Learn Lessons of Iraq War

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