Obama Revises His Iraq War Withdrawal
FARGO, N.D., July 3 -- Sen. Barack Obama raised the possibility of
slowing a promised gradual, 16-month withdrawal from Iraq if he is
elected president, saying that Thursday he will consult with military
commanders on an upcoming trip to the region and "continue to refine"
his proposals.
"My 16-month timeline, if you examine everything I've said, was always
premised on making sure our troops were safe," Obama told reporters as
his campaign plane landed in North Dakota, a state no Democratic
presidential candidate has carried since 1964. "And my guiding
approach continues to be that we've got to make sure that our troops
are safe, and that Iraq is stable. And I'm going to continue to gather
information to find out whether those conditions still hold."
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