claim: "barack obama and hillary clinton have changed their positions (on the iraq war withdrawal) to follow chris dodd."
author: chris dodd
evidence_1: chris dodd entered the race on january 11, 2007 after making his announcement on the imus in the morning show. he cited his qualifications of experience and background as the strengths needed to lead the nation as president. a critic of the iraq war, dodd stated that his candidacy "...isn't just [about] iraq -- there are ...
evidence_2: sep 26, 2007 ... if he thinks that she should not vote for more money for the war without a timetable for withdrawal, he should have said so directly—to her. ... he congratulated senators joe biden and chris dodd for voting against the measure, criticized hillary—and then dismissed obama for having missed the vote ...
evidence_3: since the invasion of iraq, one of the most visible leaders of popular opposition in the u.s. has been cindy sheehan, the mother of casey sheehan, a soldier killed in iraq. sheehan's role as an anti-war leader began with her camping out near president bush's ranch in crawford, texas, and continued with a nationwide tour ...
evidence_4: sep 15, 2008 ... philip gordon assesses barack obama's foreign policy options should he be elected president in november. ... even on iraq, while clinton and obama sparred vigorously over how long and how consistently either had held their position on ending the war, there was essentially no difference between them ...
evidence_5: the august 31 deadline marking the “end of us combat operations in iraq” is not as real or significant a milestone as president obama implied in his speech. .... while his future rivals for the 2008 democratic presidential nomination hillary clinton, john edwards, christopher dodd and joe biden were making false and ...