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Article: Huckabee, Romney Square Off in Debate
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- January 6, 2008
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Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee squabbled at close quarters over Iraq on Saturday night in a high-stakes debate, while Sen. John McCain said he, alone had objected to the Bush administration's initial battle plan.
"I supported the president in the war before you did. I supported the surge when you didn't," Huckabee told Romney, the man he defeated in Thursday night's Iowa caucuses.
Romney said he disagreed with Huckabee writing in a recent Foreign Affairs article that the administration's foreign policy suffers from "an arrogant bunker mentality."
Huckabee broke in to demand "Did you read the article _ and Romney just ...