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Barack Obama: He plans to have all U.S. combat troops out of the country by August 2010 -- not all troops, though.

On the recordFebruary 25, 2009
He plans to have all U.S. combat troops out of the country by August 2010 -- not all troops, though.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Cooper reports on Obama's strategy for troop withdrawal from Iraq.

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