Obama: “Remove all combat brigades from Iraq by March 31, 2008”
Clinton: “End the war before the next president takes the oath of office.”
Edwards:“Complete withdrawal of all combat troops from Iraq within 12-18 months.”
Romney: “Stay the course against ‘the jihadists’ & double the size of Guantanomo.” (Romney refuses to use the word Iraq.)
Guliani: “Not in our hands.”
McCain: “Escalate”
Meanwhile…
BAGHDAD, June 21 (Reuters) – Eleven U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq in the past 48 hours, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
In the single worst incident, five soldiers, three Iraqi civilians and an Iraqi interpreter were killed on Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in a northeastern district of the capital, the U.S. military said.
Four U.S. soldiers were killed when their convoy was struck by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad on Wednesday, the military said.