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The White House this afternoon accidentally sent to its extensive distribution list a Reuters story headlined “Iraqi PM backs Obama troop exit plan - magazine.”
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In an interview with SPIEGEL, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Barack Obama’s 16 timeframe for a withdrawal from Iraq is the right one.
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Why was the quote changed?
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Nancy Pelosi is conducting foreign policy again and trying to undermine the President. She is a legislator not an executive.
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But the comments from Keyvan Imani, a member of the Iranian delegation, appeared to indicate that Tehran was not prepared to budge on enrichment - at least going into the talks.
“Suspension - there is no chance for that,”
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But a spokesman for al-Maliki said his remarks “were misunderstood, mistranslated and not conveyed accurately.”
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Gore compares offshore drilling to invasion of Iraq
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“If John McCain was following Barack Obama’s lead on foreign policy, the United States would have already withdrawn from Iraq in a humiliating defeat at the hands of al Qaeda.”
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“His domestic politics require him to be for us getting out,” said a senior McCain campaign official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.”The military says ‘conditions based’ and Maliki said ‘conditions based’ yesterday in the joint statement withBush
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The fundamental truth remains that Senator McCain was right about the surge and Senator Obama was wrong. We would not be in the position to discuss a responsible withdrawal today if Senator Obama’s views had prevailed.”
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