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IraqPetraeus_quotes.appHeader = "Candidate reactions to Gen. David Petraeus' Iraq plan ";
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IraqPetraeus_quotes[i-1].body = "The top U.S. commander in Iraq told Congress Tuesday he plans to stop U.S. troop withdrawals in July due to fragile security gains in a progress report with repercussions on the U.S. presidential campaign.<p>Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John McCain joined the debate in the crowded hearing room, reflecting the deep divide on the five-year-old war.<p>";

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IraqPetraeus_quotes[i-1].body = "Clinton, who is battling for the Democratic Party presidential nomination with Sen. Barack Obama, told Petraeus the United States should begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq to focus on problems elsewhere.<p>\"I think it's time to begin an orderly process of withdrawing our troops, start rebuilding our military, and focusing on the challenges posed by Afghanistan, the global terrorist groups and other problems that confront Americans,\" Clinton said.<br>";

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IraqPetraeus_quotes[i-1].body = "McCain said he saw a genuine prospect of success in Iraq and warned that defeat could require U.S. troops to return in a broader war.<p>\"We're no longer staring into the abyss of defeat and we can now look ahead to the genuine process of success,\" said McCain, a strong supporter of the U.S. presence who has clinched his party's presidential nomination.<p>";

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IraqPetraeus_quotes[i-1].body = "Obama, who is competing with Clinton for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, said that the United States should set a timetable to pull its troops out of Iraq to pressure leaders there to establish peace.<p>\"Increased pressure in a measured way, in my mind ... includes a timetable for withdrawal. Nobody's asking for a precipitous withdrawal, but I do think that it has to be a measured but increased pressure,\" Obama said.<br>";

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