Des Moines Regiser: Obama Urges Iowans to Lobby Congress to End the Iraq War

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Obama urges Iowans to lobby congress to end the Iraq war

By JASON CLAYWORTH
REGISTER STAFF WRITER

May 6, 2007

WATERLOO, IA — Presidential candidate Barack Obama called for Iowans to lobby their U.S. senators to end the war in Iraq during a campaign stop here Sunday.

At issue is a proposal vetoed last week by President Bush that called for the United States to withdraw its troops from Iraq, which is similar to a plan proposed by Obama, a U.S. Senator from Illinois, earlier this year. Troops would have started coming home from Iraq last week under Obama’s plan, with the majority home by March 31 of next year. The plan vetoed by the president would have had some troops coming home Oct. 1.

Democrats need 16 state senators to vote with them to override the president’s veto, Obama, a Democrat, said to a crowd of about 200 people at Walter Cunningham Center for Excellence, a school in Waterloo.

“If everyone here makes the decision that they are going to bring about change in this country, change is going to come,” he said, adding: “Not only that but you’ll elect a new president named Barack Obama.”

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Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets local Democrats, Sunday, May 6, 2007, at the Walter Cunningham Center for Excellence in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

[KingofNewOrleans]

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Just having a little fun :-)

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