Obama Campaign Supporters Hold a News Teleconference On Senator Obama's Plan for Iraq

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Obama Campaign Supporters Hold a News Teleconference On Senator Obama's Plan for Iraq

OBAMA CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS HOLD A NEWS TELECONFERENCE ON SENATOR OBAMA'S PLAN FOR IRAQ

JULY 14, 2008

SPEAKERS: SEN. JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., D-DEL.

SUSAN RICE, OBAMA CAMPAIGN FOREIGN POLICY ADVISER

[*] BIDEN: First of all, I think Senator Obama's got it profoundly right, that now's the time to start to recenter our foreign policy by beginning a responsible redeployment of American combat troops.

Quite frankly, I've known John for over 32 years. I don't understand anything about John's policy here.

John talks about the central concern is the war on terror, yet it's in Afghanistan. Al Qaida -- we know where they live. We know where they're building, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And John's policy in Iraq prevents us from having a larger strategy to deal with that.

And then, in terms of his policy in Iraq, Barack has laid out clearly how and why he'd go about implementing this policy.

I don't understand the strategy of John's policy. I don't know what he's talking about, other than more of the same. I don't hear anything about a political settlement. I don't hear anything about the need to redeploy.

I don't hear anything -- and, quite frankly, and I'll end with this, I, quite frankly, believe the vast majority of the candidates to whom I've spoken would, without referencing either candidate, that Barack's much more i...

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