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.
Obama argues for a strategic end to the war and a timeline for withdrawing combat troops.
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It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.
Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.
It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.
And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.
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