Barack Obama: “I asked him if he wanted to get out of Iraq. He said that he was going…”

On the recordJuly 2, 2008

I asked him if he wanted to get out of Iraq. He said that he was going to get us out of Iraq.

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Ed Schultz recounts his conversation with Barack Obama about his intention to withdraw troops from Iraq.

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Barack Obama: “I asked him if he wanted to get out of Iraq. He said that he was going to get us out of Iraq.”