The president kept talking about the last election being a mandate for him to go forward in Iraq. Well, this election was the opposite. This election was for -- to re -- redeploy the troops and my plan, which is the opposite of his plan, as soon as practicable out of Iraq.
Murtha asserts that the recent election results indicate a mandate for changing the Iraq strategy.
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