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Article: McCain: Iraq No Longer Abyss of Defeat
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- April 7, 2008
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Disregarding a serious flare-up of violence, Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the United States is "no longer staring into the abyss of defeat" in Iraq, opening a campaign week that will draw him and his Democratic opponents back to Washington to question commanding Gen. David Petraeus about the conduct of the unpopular war.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, meanwhile, shoved out her pollster and senior strategist after it was disclosed he met with representatives of the Colombian government to help promote a free trade agreement Clinton opposes. It was the second major shake-up in the New York senator's campaign apparatus in less than 60 days.
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