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Hillary Clinton: If you hear them talk, they say they're happy to leave troops in Iraq for 100 years. Well, that is not going to happen…

On the recordJanuary 24, 2008
If you hear them talk, they say they're happy to leave troops in Iraq for 100 years. Well, that is not going to happen because we're going to elect a Democratic president.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton contrasts her stance on the Iraq war with that of Republicans, asserting that a Democratic president will change the course.

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