July 30, 2007;
Mrs. Clinton has said she would vote for a proposed Democratic resolution on Iraq now being debated on the floor of the Senate, which sets a goal of withdrawing
combat forces by March 31, 2008. Asked if her plan was consistent with the resolution, Mrs. Clinton and her advisers said it was, noting that the resolution also called for ?a limited number? of troops to stay in Iraq to protect the American Embassy and other personnel, train and equip Iraqi forces, and conduct ?targeted counterterrorism operations.?
August 2007;
Obama - "When I am president, we will wage the war that has to be won," he told an audience at the
Woodrow Wilson Center in the District. He added, "The first step must be to get off the wrong battlefield in Iraq and take the fight to the terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan."
Obama's warning to Musharraf drew sharp criticism from several of his rivals for the Democratic nomination, but not from
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.).
Obama delivered a biting critique of
President Bush's conduct of the war in Iraq and of the administration's overall strategy for combating terrorism, while seeking to reassure Americans that his long-stated opposition to the Iraq war would not compromise his commitment to defending the country from the threat of Islamic extremists.