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McCain defends comment on the surge in Iraq
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Republican John McCain pushed back yesterday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President George W. Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the strategy early last year.
He told reporters during an unscheduled stop in a supermarket that, what the Bush administration calls "the surge" was actually "made...
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