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Obama Statement on Reports that Iraq Study Group Will Call for a Redeployment of U.S. Forces

Thursday, November 30, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington Contact: Tommy Vietor, (202) 228-5511
Chicago Contact: Julian Green, (312) 886-3506
Date: November 30, 2006

Obama Statement on Reports that Iraq Study Group Will Call for a Redeployment of U.S. Forces

CHICAGO - U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) released the following statement concerning reports that the Iraq Study Group will call for a redeployment of U.S. forces:

"I am encouraged by reports that the bipartisan Iraq Study Group report will call for a redeployment of U.S. forces. As I said a few weeks ago, there are no good options left in Iraq, but I believe a redeployment is our best chance to put pressure on the Iraqi government to finally reach a political agreement between the warring factions and bring this conflict under control so that our troops can come home.

"This report will offer us a unique chance to forge a bipartisan consensus about how to move forward in Iraq, and I hope that in the coming weeks the White House will engage in good-faith discussions about how to proceed that will seriously consider the ideas put forward by the Study Group, as well as other proposals such as a regional summit that would include both Iran and Syria in a discussion about Iraq's future."