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Obama: Bring Troops Home by End of '08

Senator supports pullout of one or two brigades each month

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 12, 2007 4:44 PM CDT

(Newser) – Iraq troop withdrawals should be completed by the end of next year, Barack Obama says in a speech obtained by Reuters that was to be delivered in Iowa tonight. “We have to begin to end this war now,” the Democratic presidential candidate demands;... Read full story »

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