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On the recordDecember 5, 2006
I don't think there's anything new, but I am pleased to see that the Iraq Study Group got it right. I think that for the first time what we are seeing is a bipartisan agreement about the facts on the ground.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Senator Obama comments on the Iraq Study Group report, noting its bipartisan agreement.

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