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2008 presidential candidates on Iraq
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February 5, 2007
The 2008 presidential candidates on Iraq:
DEMOCRATS:
-Delaware Sen. Joe Biden:
Wants to withdraw most U.S. troops by end of year,
leaving about 20,000 in or near Iraq, as part of
plan to see Iraq governed as largely autonomous
Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish regions. Opposes
deployment of 21,500 more troops. Led Senate effort
to pass resolution declaring war is against U.S.
interest.
-New York Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton: Opposes troop increase,
favors cap on troop levels, has not specified
timetable for staged withdrawal but says U.S. should
extricate itself from Iraq by 2009. Has opposed
using congressional spending power to end war.
-Connecticut Sen. Chris
Dodd: Opposes troop increase, would cap
force at about 130,000 unless Congress approves
more, has not specified withdrawal timetable, would
not cut off money.
-Former North Carolina Sen.
John Edwards: Favors immediate withdrawal
of 40,000-50,000 troops, would block money for troop
increase.
-Former Alaska Sen. Mike
Gravel: Favors immediate withdrawal.
-Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich:
Opposed U.S. invasion, favors troop withdrawal and
cutting off additional money to continue the war.
-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama
(news, bio, voting record): Supports capping troop
levels at 130,000, beginning withdrawal May 1 and
completing pullout of combat brigades by March 31,
2008.
-New Mexico Gov. Bill
Richardson: Says U.S. troops should be
redeployed by the end of the year to Afghanistan and
other regions in the Persian Gulf.
-Former Iowa Gov. Tom
Vilsack: Calls on Congress to cut off
funds to end the war.
WAR AUTHORIZATION: Democrats who were in the Senate
when the war was authorized — Biden, Clinton, Dodd
and Edwards — voted in favor of the authorization,
and now say they would not have voted that way in
retrospect. Obama, who was not in the Senate then,
opposed war at the start.
REPUBLICANS:
-Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback
(news, bio, voting record): Opposes 21,500-troop
increase, says ethnic partition of Iraq might have
to occur.
-Former Virginia Gov. Jim
Gilmore: Supports troop increase.
-Former New York City Mayor
Rudy Giuliani: Supports troop increase.
-Former Arkansas Gov. Mike
Huckabee: Opposes abrupt withdrawal.
-California Rep. Duncan
Hunter (news, bio, voting record):
Opposes immediate withdrawal and opposes cutting
additional money for the war.
-Arizona Sen. John McCain
(news, bio, voting record): Supports troop increase,
opposes scheduling a withdrawal.
-Texas Rep. Ron Paul
(news, bio, voting record): Among the few
Republicans to vote against the war in 2002.
-Former Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney: Supports troop increase,
favors adding five brigades in Baghdad and two
regiments in Al-Anbar province.
-Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo:
Voted last year to reject timetable for withdrawal.
-Former Wisconsin Gov.
Tommy Thompson: Skeptical that troop
increase will work, favors splitting Iraq into three
separate states if unity not achieved soon.
AP
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