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  • Obama (on O'Reilly): Surge Succeeded Beyond "Wildest Dreams"

    09/04/2008 2:01:50 PM PDT · by montag813 · 277 replies · 791+ views
    FoxNews ^ | 09/04/2008 | FoxNews
    The troop surge in Iraq has been more successful than anyone could have imagined, Barack Obama conceded Thursday in his first-ever interview on FOX News’ “The O’Reilly Factor.” As recently as July, the Democratic presidential candidate declined to rate the surge a success, but said it had helped reduce violence in the country. On Thursday, Obama acknowledged the 2007 increase in U.S. troops has benefited the Iraqi people. “I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated,” Obama said while refusing to retract his initial opposition to the surge. “I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest...