Iraq may be back on the political front lines, as MSNBC's First Read notes today, but with it comes Afghanistan. Sen. Barack Obama has long claimed that the war in Iraq has proved a fatal distraction from the fight against the Al-Qaeda former state sponsor. But later today in New Mexico, John McCain is set to argue the opposite.
In prepared remarks emailed to reporters, the Arizona Republican argues that the surge strategy in Iraq will show America the path...
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