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Sen. Clinton calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq

WASHINGTON
Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:47pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, a Democratic presidential candidate, said on Tuesday that the United States should begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq to focus on problems elsewhere.

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"I think it's time to begin an orderly process of withdrawing our troops, start rebuilding our military, and focusing on the challenges posed by Afghanistan, the global terrorist groups and other problems that confront Americans," Clinton said at a Senate hearing in which Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, was testifying.

(Reporting by Andy Sullivan, editing by Lori Santos)
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