Iraq

Gen. Eric Shinseki Named VA Secretary-Designate

December 8, 2008 - President-elect Barack Obama named General Eric Shinseki (ret.) to the post of Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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Another Former Republican Senator for Obama

October 28, 2008 - In an op-ed printed in the Washington Post this morning, former Maryland Senator Charles Mathias (R) endorsed Senator Barack Obama. Mathias served in the House of Representatives from 1961 until 1969 when he was elected to the U.S. Senate and served until 1987.
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McCain Claims He Hasn't Flipped on Anything from 2000

October 23, 2008 - John McCain told the local CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. that ''I'm the same guy'' from 2000, claiming that he hasn't flipped on any issue since his last run for the presidency.
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Count the Lies #106: McCain's Afghanistan Ad Distorts the Record

October 5, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today updated the Count the Lies counter after FactCheck.org said John McCain's latest campaign ad distorted Barack Obama's words and votes. The ad 'recycles a misleading, 14-month-old charge that Sen. Barack Obama disrespected U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan' and 'misrepresents' his votes.
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On John McCain's ''Suspended'' Campaign

September 25, 2008 - Senior adviser Brad Woodhouse appeared on MSNBC this afternoon and took John McCain to task for his political stunt. Numerous reports show that McCain's campaign offices across the nation are still operating as normal, and within hours of his 'suspension' announcement, McCain surrogates were on cable news programs attacking Senator Barack Obama.
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Sarah Palin Talks to Katie Couric

September 25, 2008 - Sarah Palin spoke to Katie Couric this week but if you visited the McCain Report blog, you never would have known the first part of the interviewed aired yesterday, and part two airs tonight. Howard Kurtz reports that Palin declared 'victory' in Iraq.
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American Voices Program

August 28, 2008 - Real Americans speak about their support for Barack Obama.
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Gov. Bill Richardson

August 28, 2008 - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson talks about Barack Obama's judgment on Iraq: he was right.
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Jon Kuniholm

August 28, 2008 - Jon Kuniholm, a retired Marine who lost his arm in Haditha, Iraq, endorses Barack Obama for president.
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Tammy Duckworth

August 27, 2008 - Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth talks about John McCain's plans to keep U.S. forces in Iraq for decades.
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Sen. Tom Daschle

August 27, 2008 - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle talks about the distraction the Bush administration sent the nation.
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Sen. Jack Reed

August 27, 2008 - Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed comments on Barack Obama's leadership on Iraq.
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The Honorable Madeline Albright

August 27, 2008 - Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright challenges John McCain's plan to keep U.S. forces in Iraq for decades.
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Rep. Patrick Murphy

August 27, 2008 - Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy, an Iraq war veteran, says it is time for Barack Obama.
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Rep. Nita Lowey

August 27, 2008 - Congresswoman Nita Lowey speaks to Barack Obama's support for our veterans, and his efforts to end the war in Iraq responsibly.
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Rear Admiral John Hutson (Ret.)

August 26, 2008 - Rear Admiral John Hutson (ret.) says ''the 'Grand Old Party' is no longer grand. It’s just old. The same old, failed policies. The same, old Washington culture.''
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First Major Conflict Since 9/11?

July 24, 2008 - In the now infamous interview between CBS' Katie Couric and John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee apparently believes the war in Afghanistan, where the 9/11 attacks originated, is not a "major conflict." Couric: Sen. Obama also told me, Sen. McCain,...
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McCain's Cheesy Denial

July 24, 2008 - Earlier this week, John McCain grossly misstated the timeline of the Anbar awakening as having taken place because of the surge, despite the fact that it started almost four months before the surge was even announced. Reporters peppered John McCain...
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MCCAIN WATCH: MCCAIN CAMPAIGN FLAGS AS INCOME INEQUALITY RISES

July 24, 2008 - Yesterday the McCain campaign hit a rough patch as they tried to escape the fallout over McCain's continued gaffes on foreign policy and ongoing coverage of his promise of four more years of failed Bush-McCain policies on Iraq, energy and the economy.
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McCain Flubs on Iraq ... Again

July 23, 2008 - In an interview with CBS' Katie Couric last night, John McCain claimed that the surge provided the necessary space for the Anbar awakening to occur, and aided the calming of tensions in the area. Couric asked John McCain to respond...
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MCCAIN WATCH: THE COST OF WAR AND THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY

July 22, 2008 - It's only Tuesday, but John McCain is already off to yet another bad week. After spending yesterday explaining how he confused Iraq and Afghanistan and watching the Iraqi leadership reject his vision for the future of Iraq, McCain today is traveling to two states that highlight the economic impact of his decision to march in lockstep with the Bush Administration on the war in Iraq and on the economy.
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He Must Have Missed The Memo

July 21, 2008 - McCain's Iraq policy is out of touch:
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McCain Watch: Iraq: McCain Has Been Wrong From the Start -- Just Like Bush

July 17, 2008 - Today, more McCain surrogates and a web video attacking Barack Obama which could have been produced on "Fantasy Island," will be trotted out in an effort to distract attention from John McCain's real record on Iraq--a record of being inconsistent and being wrong, just like President Bush.
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Third Bush Term

July 15, 2008 - George Bush, March 13, 2006: We have a comprehensive strategy for victory in Iraq -- a strategy I laid out in a series of speeches last year. John McCain, July 15, 2008: And if I'm elected President, I will turn...
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Barack Obama: My Plan for Iraq

July 14, 2008 - Senator Barack Obama outlined his plan to end the war in Iraq in the pages of the New York Times: In this campaign, there are honest differences over Iraq, and we should discuss them with the thoroughness they deserve. Unlike...
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Shifting Sands: New Web Ad Raises Questions About McCain's Judgment, Consistency on Iraq

July 9, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee today released a new web ad called "When?" that calls into question John McCain's judgment on Iraq. While McCain's allies have been working overtime trying to distort Senator Obama's record on Iraq, today's video shows a disturbing pattern of inconsistent positions and wildly off the mark assessments on the war. While the war has stretched our armed forces to a breaking point, emboldened our enemies and drained resources from Afghanistan--allowing the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan to grow stronger than at any time since September 11th--McCain has refused to offer a clear plan for bringing it to a responsible end. Instead, McCain has been all over the map on when he thinks our troops will be able to come home.
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When Will McCain Bring Them Home?

July 9, 2008 - It's the question that our latest ad, as Greg Sargent at TPM Election Central points out, seeks to answer:
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and Iraq

June 12, 2008 - Today's McCain Myth: John McCain has a plan to bring American troops home from Iraq.
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Dean: John McCain's Comments On Troop Levels in Iraq Being "Not Too Important" Are Wrong

June 11, 2008 - Asked on the Today Show this morning if he has "a better estimate of when American forces can come home from Iraq," John McCain said "No, but that's not too important." [NBC's Today Show, 6/11/08] As a new web video...
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McCain: Bringing Troops Home "Not Too Important"

June 11, 2008 - This is a pretty shocking statement for a lot of reasons. First, the story and video, from TPM Election Central:
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McCain's 100 Year Pledge... of Unlimited Troops

June 10, 2008 - Brian Williams asked McCain about his support for 100 years in Iraq and whether he will support "however many U.S. troops are required."
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and the Situation in Iraq

May 30, 2008 - Today's McCain Myth: John McCain can be trusted to tell the truth about the facts on the ground in Iraq.
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DNC Releases New Video: "Propaganda"

May 30, 2008 - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's new book detailing the "propaganda campaign" President Bush and his allies used to make the case for war in Iraq is raising new questions about John McCain. As a new video released today by the Democratic National Committee shows, John McCain was a key part of the Bush Administration's efforts to misrepresent the threat posed by Iraq and make war look like "the only feasible option."
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and Iraqi Reconstruction

May 29, 2008 - Today's McCain Myth: John McCain has pushed for the Iraqis to shoulder more of the burden in Iraq.
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Iraq Spending "Poorly Tracked"

May 23, 2008 - Via the Washington Post:
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McCain Sets Withdrawal Date

May 16, 2008 - [video]
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DNC FACT CHECK: McCain's 2013 is America's Nightmare

May 15, 2008 - John McCain's crystal ball must be cloudy. In a speech and new ad today, McCain outlined a list of promises he intends to keep by 2013 if elected. The problem? On all the challenges he outlines, John McCain has either ignored the problem altogether, has no plan, has promised prescriptions that will only make matters worse, or has demonstrated rank hypocrisy.
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Dean: McCain Speech Highlights Hypocritical, Flawed Agenda

May 15, 2008 - During his remarks in Ohio this morning, Senator John McCain outlined a fictional account of what he expects the American people to believe he will do as president. In reality, on each of the issues he addresses, Senator McCain has either failed to outline any plans or has actually promised outdated ideas that would make the problem worse.
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82 Percent Say U.S. on "Wrong Track"

May 12, 2008 - In the latest ABC News/Washington Post opinion poll, 82 percent of Americans say the country is on the wrong track as President Bush hit an all-time low in the poll. The poll findings are bad news for the McCain campaign, which is running on a simple platform of four more years of failed Bush policies.
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McCain Myth Buster:John McCain and the War in Iraq

May 2, 2008 - On the fifth anniversary of President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech yesterday, John McCain told reporters in Cleveland that he "opposed it at the time," referring to the banner behind the President during the speech.
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McCain Defends "Mission Accomplished"

May 1, 2008 - Just how far will John McCain go to defend Bush? Even further than Bush's spokesperson, apparently. This just in, from the Associated Press: "Republican John McCain says President Bush should not be held responsible for the much-criticized "mission accomplished" banner five years ago, but he should be blamed for bungling the early months of the Iraq war."
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and Straight Talk on Iraq

April 30, 2008 - Today's McCain Myth: John McCain will stand by the statements he makes.
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McCain Introduced by Healthcare Lobbyist at Healthcare Event

April 30, 2008 - Smooth: At his health care policy event yesterday at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Florida, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was introduced by the institute's chairman, former Republican senator Connie Mack. But, as Hotline reports, Mack...
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Maliciously Quoting?

April 30, 2008 - MoveOn.org launched an ad targeting John McCain's 100-years-in-Iraq line to coincide with the 5 year anniversary of Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech.
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John McCain's Desperate Double Talk on Iraq Continues

April 29, 2008 - Even as John McCain and the Republican Party resort to baseless legal complaints and blatant distortions to avoid defending McCain's willingness to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years, new video emerged today that shows John McCain once "rejecting the very policy he urges today." McCain's campaign is arguing that he has not changed is view, and that he has always advocated a long-term troop presence in Iraq similar to that in Germany and South Korea.
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and 100 Years in Iraq

April 29, 2008 - John McCain has said his comments on Iraq have been distorted and his cronies at the RNC have complained about the use of his statements in a new DNC television ad. In fact, that has not been the case--McCain's own words prove the point.
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McCain Was Against RNC Defense of "100 Years" Comment Before He Was For It

April 29, 2008 - In 2005, John McCain said he opposed a long-term American presence in the mold of the U.S. post-war commitments in Germany, Japan and Korea. Last year, he told Charlie Rose that such an arrangement could not work, even if there are no American casualties. Now, John McCain and the RNC are explaining away his "100 years" comment, and our national television ad, with this very argument.
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100 Years

April 29, 2008 - Josh Marshall hits all the key points:
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Gov. Dean Picks Apart John McCain's "100 Year" Comment Defense

April 28, 2008 - Republicans are incensed over our latest ad hitting John McCain for his commitment to 100 years in Iraq. And they should be -- it is devastating to John McCain's campaign. This past Sunday, Governor Dean appeared on Meet the Press and hit the nail on the head by picking apart McCain's defense.
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Howard Dean: John McCain Offers More of the Same on Iraq and Health Care

April 28, 2008 - John McCain traveled to Miami Children's Hospital to explain why he is promising four more years of the Bush health care agenda. While the number of Americans lacking health care insurance has climbed to 47 million on President Bush's watch, John McCain's health care plan would do nothing to reduce the ranks of the uninsured and nothing to ensure that cancer survivors and people with other pre-existing medical conditions can get health insurance.
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Dean Says John McCain is Wrong, Americans Don't Want To Be In Iraq for 100 Years

April 27, 2008 - During a wide-ranging discussion with host Tim Russert, Dean discussed John McCain's weaknesses as a candidate, continued to outline how out of touch McCain is with the American people, and discussed the state of the race.
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DNC Releases New Ad on John McCain: "100"

April 27, 2008 - On NBC's Meet the Press this morning, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean announced that the DNC will air its second television advertisement of the 2008 Presidential Election season. Entitled "100," the ad will begin airing on cable networks nationally next week.
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DNC Ad on McCain and Iraq

April 27, 2008 - Watch the ad the RNC and John McCain don't want you to see!
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Another McCain Foreign Policy Error, With Video

April 14, 2008 - I mentioned this earlier, but I wanted to post again with the video. McCain's latest display of his lack of foreign policy understanding came today when he wouldn't divert troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to keep his promise to chase bin Laden to the gates of hell unless Gen. Petraeus said it was necessary.
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McCain Gets It Wrong - One More Time!

April 14, 2008 - Here's the latest example of McCain's failure to understand American foreign policy. He was just asked if he'd divert troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to keep his promise to chase bin Laden "to the gates of hell." No, McCain said, unless Gen. Petraeus said it was necessary.
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Bush Downplays the Defense Dollars

April 10, 2008 - Adam Blickstein, blogging at Democracy Arsenal for the National Security Network, commented on the President's speech about defense spending this morning. Bush just stated in his speech that spending on defense as a percentage of the U.S. economy was around...
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Maliki Disagrees with the Pause

April 10, 2008 - General David Petreaus testified before Congress that he was recommending President Bush "pause" the July reductions of American armed forces in Iraq for 45 days. But Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki "disagrees" with the recommendation from Gen. Petreaus, citing the Iraqi Security Forces' capabilities.
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and American Security

April 10, 2008 - John McCain says he "understands national security and the threats facing our nation." Yet at the same time, he has said he would keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years, despite the fact that key military and political experts believe our engagement in Iraq has not made America safer and has diverted critical resources from the real war on terror in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Bush to Leave 140,000 Troops in Iraq Through November

April 10, 2008 - President Bush will keep 140,000 American forces inside Iraq through the November presidential election, reports the Washington Post. He is also set to announce a reduction in combat tours from 15 months to twelve. Late last year, John McCain opposed such a reduction when it was proposed by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Virginia).
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Redstate: Iraq Just Like Occupying... Alabama

April 9, 2008 - If I were to make a list of places that have some sort of connection to American presence in Iraq -- places that were remotely similar -- somehow I don't think the US being in Alabama, and the South in general, would be anywhere on that list. It's hard to even begin where to start.
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain, Sunnis, and Shiites

April 9, 2008 - Despite the fact that John McCain has made the same mistake FIVE times in five months, his campaign continues to claim that John McCain misspoke when he confused Sunni and Shiite extremists in Iraq.
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Republicans Struggling to Find Candidates

April 8, 2008 - Republicans are struggling to find candidates at the Congressional level this cycle and, in particular, coming up empty-handed in New York. From the New York Times this morning: Heading into this election cycle, Republican leaders in Washington identified dozens of...
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McCain Consistently Wrong on Iraq

April 8, 2008 - With General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker testifying before Congress today and tomorrow, John McCain and his campaign continue to put politics ahead of a responsible way forward in Iraq.
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McCain Gets It Wrong - Again!

April 8, 2008 - With General Petreaus testifying before Congress, Senator McCain once again got basic facts wrong about the situation on the ground in Iraq. During his questioning, he referred to al Qaeda as an "an obscure sect of the Shi'ites." This has become a rather frequent problem for the GOP nominee.
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and General Petraeus

April 8, 2008 - John McCain has said we should listen to the generals on the ground in Iraq--including General Petreaus--who he calls "one of the greatest generals in American history." But in truth, McCain has refused to say if he agrees with General Petreaus' comment that "no one" believes "there has been sufficient progress by any means in the area of national reconciliation" and recently declared, "I don't care what anybody says. I've seen the facts on the ground."
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Dean: McCain's Irresponsible Political Attacks Are Not A Plan for Iraq

April 7, 2008 - Washington, DC - In advance of tomorrow's Congressional testimony by General David Petraeus, John McCain chose to launch more irresponsible political attacks instead of offering a real plan for the future in Iraq. Even though a majority of Americans want our troops to begin withdrawing and 89 percent of Americans think the cost of the war has contributed to the economic problems in our country, McCain today continued to follow the Bush Administration's pattern of cherry-picking the facts to justify a flawed, stay the course strategy. [New York Times, 4/4/08]
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More McCain Misunderstandings

April 7, 2008 - You can't really call them gaffes, when it's what he really understands to be the situation in Iraq:
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and The Cost of the War

April 7, 2008 - On the campaign trail John McCain says he would cut spending in Washington because Americans are angry with the way politicians are spending their money.
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McCain: "No One Has Supported President Bush on Iraq More Than I Have"

April 2, 2008 - In an appearance on a right-wing radio program, Republican presidential nominee John McCain professed his staunch support for President George W. Bush on Iraq, stating "no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have." John McCain offers four more years of failed Bush policies.
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Readiness of Ground Forces Dangerously Low

April 2, 2008 - Gen. Richard A. Cody, the Army's vice chief of staff, says that heavy deployments are inflicting "incredible stress" on soldiers and their families, and that they pose a "significant risk" to the nation's all-volunteer army. Gen. David Petreaus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, will testify next week.
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Does McCain Understand Iraq?

April 1, 2008 - His failure to understand the basics of what's happening on the ground in Iraq keeps landing him into trouble. And ironically, every time he visits, it seems to get worse.
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Behind Closed Doors

March 27, 2008 - The Associated Press reports that military leaders told Bush yesterday they're concerned about the strain that the Iraq war is having on the troops.
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Dean: Another Day, Another McCain Speech But Still No New Ideas on Iraq

March 26, 2008 - "John McCain's empty rhetoric today can't change the fact that he has steadfastly stood with President Bush from day one and is now talking about keeping our troops in Iraq for 100 years. His new appreciation for diplomacy has no credibility after he mimicked President Bush's misleading case for a unilateral war of choice when it mattered most. Why should the American people now trust John McCain to offer anything more than four more years of President Bush's reckless economic policies and failed foreign policy?"
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Moving the Goalposts

March 26, 2008 - Just how do you define success in Iraq? It's one of the points that McCain's no-policy policy address today was expected to address, and it's now different than the definition he gave a couple months ago. It seems what's meant by "success" keeps changing, perhaps to allow us to stay there for another 100 years?
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Another No-Policy Policy Address?

March 26, 2008 - This time, on Iraq. I'm wondering which John McCain is going to show up today. Will it be the one who was against replacing Rumsfeld, in favor of staying the course, and supporting Bush's strategy? Or will it be the one who recently claims, well, exactly the opposite?
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and the War in Iraq

March 26, 2008 - Today's McCain Myth: John McCain has a plan for Iraq.
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Thanks, RNC

March 25, 2008 - I really love that they keep posting the video of McCain calling for us to be in Iraq for 100 years ("Make it 100!"). I'll help them spread the word:
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Troop Levels to Remain

March 25, 2008 - The briefing [by Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker] took place on the day when the 4,000th American military death of the war was reported and just after the invasion’s fifth anniversary.
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97 Percent

March 24, 2008 - As the number of American soldiers killed in the Iraq War crossed the 4,000 mark this past weekend, VetVoice's Brandon Friedman noted another sobering statistic: AFP has noted that 97 percent of U.S. deaths in Iraq have occurred after George...
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DNC Announces New Round of Debates as Senator McCain Squares Off Against Senator McCain

March 24, 2008 - The Democratic National Committee announced today that Senator John McCain will appear in a series of debates to be broadcast on www.mccaindebates.com. The one candidate in this debate who could beat John McCain, is John McCain himself.
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McCain Debates McCain

March 24, 2008 - We've got a great new website, with the first debate of the general election. You can watch the first of those debates happening right now.
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Speaker Pelosi Addresses Iraq

March 21, 2008 - Somehow I missed this the other day, so here it is. Recognizing five years of a war in Iraq, Pelosi warns against Bush's plan for a $3 trillion dollar war in Iraq.
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John McCain's "Missed Opportunity"

March 21, 2008 - In an effort to burnish his foreign policy credentials, John McCain made a taxpayer-funded campaign swing through Europe and the Middle East this week. But the trip was not the success the McCain campaign had hoped for.
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McCain Made Same Mistake in February, Too

March 20, 2008 - At the Baker Institute for Public Policy in February, McCain made the same mistake he's made three different times in the last three days when he said: "But Al Qaeda is there, they are functioning, they are supported in many times, in many ways by the Iranians."
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and Iraq

March 20, 2008 - Today's McCain Myth: John McCain understands the situation in Iraq.
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McCain in '91: Not Sure We Could Tell a Shiite from a Sunni, even from a Kurd

March 19, 2008 - Our research director just dug this one up, particularly relevant given McCain's trouble understanding the basics in Iraq. This is from Larry King Live, 4/23/1991, when he was arguing deposing Saddam:
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McCain Still Has No Idea What He's Talking About

March 19, 2008 - This is his third position in three days.
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Poll: 71 Percent Say Iraq Spending Hurting the Economy

March 19, 2008 - A recent CNN/Opinion Research poll finds that more than seven in ten Americans believe spending on the Iraq War is, at least partly, responsible for the current economic situation. Also, the poll finds that less than one in three Americans support the war, with opposition at 66 percent.
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Dean: Elect a Democratic President to Bring Our Troops Home

March 19, 2008 - "On this solemn anniversary, Americans around the country are asking themselves: how much longer will President Bush and John McCain keep our troops in Iraq? How many more brave Americans must die? And how many more trillions of dollars will we borrow and spend before our troops come home?"
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Five Years of Iraq War

March 19, 2008 - It was five years ago today that we invaded Iraq, and there's a lot more to go if John McCain has his way. So it's worth taking a second to reflect on what has happened in that time.
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and al-Qaeda in Iraq

March 19, 2008 - Today's McCain Myth: John McCain understands the facts on the ground in Iraq.
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McCain Responds?

March 18, 2008 - Well, not really.
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McCain Made Iraq Blunder Repeatedly

March 18, 2008 - It seems McCain's failure to understand the basics of what's happening on the ground in Iraq isn't a one-time deal. Not only did he keep making the statement repeatedly today, but he was also making the false claim last night.
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McCain Gets His Iraq Facts Wrong

March 18, 2008 - This wasn't some little piece of trivia, either, and it undermines his argument that he somehow has his an expertise on matters of foreign policy.
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Give it Another 95 Years

March 18, 2008 - Most Iraqis say the escalation of the war isn't working, a new poll for this week's fifth anniversary of the war shows:
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McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and Success In Iraq

March 18, 2008 - Today's McCain Myth: John McCain has been right on Iraq all along.
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In Lockstep

March 18, 2008 - John McCain has tried to rewrite history, pretending he didn't march in lockstep with President Bush every step of the way on Iraq, from echoing the Bush Administration's false and misleading case for war to parroting their rosy rhetoric. As our latest video shows, McCain has been Bush's most loyal foot soldier from day one.
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100 Years, Revisited?

March 17, 2008 - Maybe instead of four more years of Bush, with McCain we'd be getting four more years of Dick Cheney.
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DNC Communications Director Karen Finney on John McCain's Iraq Hypocrisy

March 17, 2008 - "The fact that John McCain and Dick Cheney are both in Iraq today is a fitting reminder that McCain marched in lockstep with President Bush as he misled us into war, supported his failed policies and parroted the President's rosy rhetoric as Iraq descended into chaos," said Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney.
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All Politics All the Time In Baghdad For McCain

March 17, 2008 - While McCain is saying his tax-payer funded trip isn't part of the presidential campaign...
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