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Snapshot: Local opinion on Obama plan to end Iraq war

Now that President Barack Obama has outlined the end of one of America's longest and costliest wars, Newsday has taken a snapshot of local opinions by talking to current and former soldiers, and parents of some of those lost on the battlefield. In a speech before Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C., last week, the president said he would withdraw all combat troops by August 2010, and have the remaining...

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