On the recordJuly 14, 2008
It should have been apparent to President Bush and Senator McCain, the central front in the war on terror is not Iraq, and it never was.
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transcripts.cnn.com“It should have been apparent to President Bush and Senator McCain, the central front in the war on terror is not Iraq, and it never was.”
Obama criticizes the focus on Iraq in the context of the war on terror.
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