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(Obama) really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time.

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John McCain
Age: 81 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 29
Died: 2018
Died: August 25
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John Sidney McCain III
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