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Hillary Was Right?!:

On Thursday, Obama Said He Would Slow Troop Withdrawals If Commanders OnThe Ground Said Troops Could Not Safely Be Removed At A Pace Of One To TwoBrigades Per Month. Question: "If the general says to you, we can't safely andresponsibly move one to two brigades out a month -" Obama: "[I]'ve saidbefore, and this was true during the heat of the primary, it was true when weposted this Web site. I have always said, and again, you can take a look atthe language, that as commander-in-chief, I would always reserve the right todo what's best in America's national interests. And if it turned out, forexample, that, you know, we had to, in certain months, slow the pace becauseof the safety of American troops in terms of getting combat troops out, ofcourse we would take that into account. I would be a poorcommander-in-chief if I didn't take facts on the ground into account." (Sen.Barack Obama, Press Conference, 7/3/08)

In March 2008, Obama Said He Would "Immediately Begin To Remove Our TroopsFrom Iraq And Have Them Out In 16 Months." "In order to end this warresponsibly, I will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. We canresponsibly remove one to two combat brigades each month. If we start with thenumber of brigades we have in Iraq today, we can remove all of them 16months." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks On Iraq, Fayetteville, NC, 3/19/08)

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