On the recordDecember 11, 2005
A fixed deadline would not, I think, be in the best interests of the United States.
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transcripts.cnn.comJack Reed: “A fixed deadline would not, I think, be in the best interests of the United States.”
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Reed expresses his belief that establishing a fixed deadline for troop withdrawal from Iraq would be detrimental to U.S. interests.
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