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.
Senator Reid criticizes General Petraeus's troop plan as inadequate and unacceptable.
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Get rid of the filibuster. It’s nothing. As Barack Obama said at John Lewis’ funeral, it’s part of the leftovers from the days of slave owners. You have got to get rid of it. It’s very bad.
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