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On the recordSeptember 11, 2007
His plan is neither a drawdown, nor a change in mission that we need. His plan is simply more of the same -- to keep at least 130,000 troops, American troops, in the midst of an intractable civil war. This is unacceptable to me. It's unacceptable to the American people.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Senator Reid criticizes General Petraeus's troop plan as inadequate and unacceptable.

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