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On the recordJuly 14, 2008
I am absolutely convinced that strategically it is time for us to bring this war to an end. And we can bring our combat troops out over the course of 16 months, which would mean that we would have gotten our combat troops out two years from now, seven years from the time that the war began.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama argues for a strategic end to the war and a timeline for withdrawing combat troops.

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