We can continue spending $10 billion to $12 billion a month in Iraq and leave our troops there for the next 20 or 50 or 100 years. Or we can decide that it's time to be in a responsible, gradual withdrawal from Iraq. That's the choice in this election.
On the recordJune 26, 2008
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Obama outlines the contrasting choices regarding U.S. military involvement in Iraq for the upcoming election.
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