Obama: Iraq Troop Surge Isn't Working

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By Josh Rogers on Friday, July 20, 2007.
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Campaigning in New Hampshire, Democrat Barack Obama said the nation's choices in Iraq are limited to bad and worse options.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers reports.

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Obama told the crowd of more than 500 people that nobody wants to get U.S. troops out of Iraq more than he does, but doing so will require voters to pressure Senate Republicans, including New Hampshire Senators Judd Gregg and John Sununu, to break with President Bush.

Obama says there's no reason to give the president's troop surge more time.

"Here's what we know. The surge has not worked. And they said today, 'Well, even in September, we're going to need more time.' So we're going to kick this can all the way down to the next president, under the president's plan."

The Illinois Senator also said the nation must be willing to "hunt down and take out" terrorists bent on carrying out extremist acts against the United States.

Obama pegged their number at twenty thousand people worldwide.

For NHPR News, I'm Josh Rogers.

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