1.0 link 111691 <![CDATA[McCain Spokesman: U.S. Should Leave If Iraq Wants Us Out]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/09/mccain-spokesman-us-shoul_n_111691.html Aides to Sen. John McCain sought on Wednesday to clear up their boss' position on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's recent insistence that a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops be included in any security agreement between the two countries.

"John McCain has always been clear that American forces operate in Iraq only with the consent of that country's democratically elected government," Michael Goldfarb, a McCain spokesman, told the Huffington Post. "The Senator speaks frequently with Iraq's leaders and they...

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