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As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton aggressively advocated for a long-term U.S. troop presence in Iraq, according to a report Wednesday from the Daily Beast.
Clinton was joined by then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and then-CIA Director David Petraeus in pushing President Barack Obama to keep thousands of troops in the country before the U.S. military pulled out in 2011. Clinton was "particularly aggressive," the Daily Beast reported -- citing officials familiar with the negotiations for a status-of-forces agreement with Iraq.
Hillary Clinton was a lion for keeping troops there, James Jeffrey, U.S. ambassador to Iraq at the time, told the news outlet. She was a strong advocate for keeping troops there past 2011."
It was a point of disagreement between Clinton and the Obama White House, according to the Daily Beast, the latter of which saw pulling troops out of Iraq as the fulfillment of a central campaign promise.
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lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)she has said that was a terrible mistake she made voting for it. Regardless whether one believes her or not, I do not see very many Democrats who were for that war admitting that mistake, and of course there are no republicans who admit it
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Is there a problem?
Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)We need solar power, NOW!
jwirr
(39,215 posts)understand the need to turn to alternatives.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)For the cost of Iraq War, we could've built National 100% Renewable Clean Energy Grid. I kid you not.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/for-the-price-of-the-iraq-war-the-u-s-could-have-a-100-renewable-power-system/5330881
Think of the jobs! If we do it right, they wouldn't have to be in China.
Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)I mean power as in the kind that comes from capital ventures.
Shame on Hillary if takes us back to war.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)groups for the oil. The last factor will only be satisfied to leave when the oil runs out. By then our country will have died from overstretch.