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06/30/2009 3:00 PM
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: ACTIONS IN OFFICE
  • Number of American troops in Iraq swells to 142,000
  • Announced that all US combat units will be out of Iraq by 2011
  • 50,000 troops to remain in Iraq till 2011 in order to ensure smooth transition
  • Will temporarily retain a residual force of 35,000 to 50,000 troops to fight terrorists and protect U.S. personnel
  • Plans to remove all U.S. troops, including the residual force, by December 2011
  • Says that the U.S. will not establish any permanent military bases in Iraq
CANDIDATE OBAMA
ELECTION 2008
  • During the campaign, proposed to withdraw all combat brigades during his first 16 months in office
  • Planned to temporarily keep a much smaller "residual" force there to fight terrorists and protect U.S. personnel
  • Said that the U.S. would not establish any permanent military bases in Iraq
  • Opposed going to war with Iraq in 2002 and opposed the troop surge in 2007
 
CANDIDATE McCAIN
ELECTION 2008
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DEMOCRATS
IN CONGRESS
  • Opposed to leaving 50,000 troops in Iraq until 2011, would rather only leave 15,000
  • Strongly supportive of Pres. Obama's plan to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by August 2010
  • Most have supported a troop withdrawal timetable for several years
  • Were split on whether funding should be withheld from the war to achieve withdrawal
  • Were split on the 2002 vote authorizing war with Iraq, but most opposed the troop surge in 2007
 
REPUBLICANS
IN CONGRESS
  • Mostly supportive of Pres. Obama's plan to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by August 2010
  • Credit Pres. Bush and the troop "surge" strategy for reducing violence in Iraq
  • Nearly all supported authorizing war with Iraq in 2002, and most supported the troop surge in 2007
  • Most voted against withdrawal timetables when President Bush was in power
 
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