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Date: 2007-09-10 (Monday)
“Today we heard that the Bush administration likely intends to keep at least 130,000 troops in Iraq through next summer. U.S. national security requires that we truly and immediately change course in Iraq.”
-- Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, a Nevada Democrat






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