Barack Obama said "I have acknowledged repeatedly that the fact that we put more troops in [Iraq] helped to quell the violence." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 26, 2008

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

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

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