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Senate, Minnesota
“I am not one that says we should immediately withdraw from the war. I don’t believe that would be the responsible thing to do. For one thing, if there’s any chance that a regional peace-keeping force comes in or the UN comes in . . . I don’t think we can turn our back at that moment . . . We should bring a significant number of the troops home this year and hopefully get the rest out. There are people, especially in my own party, who want to de-fund the war tomorrow and I just don’t think that’s responsible, as much as I’ve been opposed to the war from the beginning.”
MSNBC.com interview May 29, 2006";
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Senate, Ohio
“It's time for new leadership that will work with military leaders to implement a plan that will bring our troops home. We need a winning exit strategy for Iraq that will bring significant troop withdrawals starting this October.”
Press release Aug. 9, 2006";
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Senate, Montana
“It is time for the President to articulate a clear exit strategy for American troops from Iraq. An open-ended occupation is not in the best interests of the United States, the Iraqi people, or the Middle East. The time has come to support our troops by laying out a plan to bring them home.”
Campaign website, accessed Aug. 14, 2006";
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House, Illinois, 6th congressional district
“I want to bring our people home; I want to do it responsibly; I don’t want to just leave tomorrow because it would turn into a pit of chaos. But on the other hand, I think the Iraqis have a responsibility to make decisions to stop killing each other . . . I don’t support a strict timeline (for withdrawal) because I think we have a responsibility to make sure that the Iraq security police forces can do the job.”
Discussion with voter and MSNBC.com interview, Elmhurst, Ill. May 24, 2006";
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Senate, Connecticut
“I would start bringing our troops home. I’d support bringing them home on a deadline. I’d bring them home within a year. I think we’d negotiate how we do that with the al-Maliki government . . . We’ll work with neighbors in the region to see what we can try to do to internationalize this a little bit and help them. We’ll have our troops in the field in Kuwait where they’ve been for the past 14 years. We’ll make sure Iran and others give Iraq space and give them an opportunity to find their own solution to this.”
Campaign speech, Wilton, Conn. Aug. 2, 2006";
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House, Pennsylvania, 6th congressional district
“I think we need a radical change in course and not to ‘stay the course’ in an unending commitment without a plan for success . . . Some troops should be probably withdrawn on a reasonable timetable, but the truth is we do need our presence to help assist the Iraqis in achieving their own security . . . We need much more emphasis on the political and the economic development of Iraq, so that we can achieve security and they can actually starting running their own local and national government infrastructure . . . I agree it’s not in the U.S. interest to set an arbitrary date for withdrawal.”
MSNBC.com interview July 4, 2006";
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House, Connecticut, 2nd congressional district
“The Iraqis must be made to understand that the United States has no intention of babysitting a civil war or coddling Iraqi political squabbles. The U.S. should step up pressure on all factions to immediately agree to a power-sharing deal with the threat of a timetable for the strategic drawdown of U.S. forces if the Iraqis fail to take control of their country.”
Website accessed Aug. 15, 2006";
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