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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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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama criticizes the focus on Iraq in the context of the war on terror.

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