Barack Obama actually said...

I have acknowledged repeatedly that the fact that we put more troops in [Iraq] helped to quell the violence.

Remarks at a Question and Answer Session with Minority Journalists at the Unity '08 Convention in Chicago

07/26/2008

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We must also recognize that it's not enough to debate the role of government in reducing violence.

That's wrong, and we should fix it.

The head of a household of four who has a full-time, minimum wage job is actually raising his family below the poverty line.

A child's zip code should never determine her destiny.