SEN. MCCONNELL SPEAKS ON IRAQ IN WASHINGTON

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks on Iraq at a press conference in Washington on September 4, 2007. McConnell said that a long term deployment of U.S. troops somewhere in the Middle East will be needed in order to secure peace at home. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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