Obama challenges Hillary on Iraq (AFP)

Obama challenges Hillary on Iraq

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AMES, United States (AFP) - US Senator Barack Obama piled pressure on 2008 White
House rival Hillary Clinton over her stand on Iraq, questioning how she would live
up to her vow to end the war.

Differences between the Democratic heavyweights burst into the open over the conflict,
a day after the 45-year-old, who wants to become America's first black president,
officially launched his campaign.

"I am not clear on how she would proceed at this point to wind down the war in a specific
way," Obama told reporters when asked to critique Clinton's plans for ending the bloody
US engagement during a campaign stop in Iowa.

"I know she has stated that she thinks the war should end by the start of the (next)
president's first term, .... beyond that though, how she wants to accomplish that I am
not clear, I would let her address those issues," Obama said.

Obama has put forward a plan to get US combat troops out of Iraq by March 31, 2008.

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