pullout under a deal negotiated by the Bush administration in late 2008. That was the deadline for a complete U.S. Obama and Biden failed to win agreement from the Iraqi government to keep a limited number of U.S. What Biden did not mention was that some of the troops had to go back. Obama asked Biden to take the lead in efforts to withdraw troops and coordinate efforts to maintain stability in Baghdad. THE FACTS: True, but that’s not the end of the story. Now, if you’ll excuse me, potholes await.”īIDEN, saying President Barack Obama asked him to get 156,000 troops out of Iraq: “I did that.” On the same day, he sent out a separate tweet: “Gosh! Okay … I, Pete Buttigieg, politician, do henceforth and forthwith declare, most affirmatively and indubitably, unto the ages, that I do favor ‘Medicare for All,’ as I do favor any measure that would help get all Americans covered. 17, 2018, response to an activist’s query.Ī day later, he tweeted out a column he wrote as a Harvard University senior, saying he’d “been on record on this one since 2004.” “When/where have you ever heard me oppose ‘Medicare for All?'” he asked in a Feb. In February 2018, he was involved in a Twitter exchange as liberals were pressing Democratic politicians to back a government health plan. Before he launched his presidential campaign, Buttigieg sounded supportive of “Medicare for All.” The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, isn’t now. THE FACTS: Klobuchar, a Minnesota senator, is right. KLOBUCHAR, on Buttigieg’s evolution on health care: “And Pete, while you have a different plan now, you sent out a tweet just a few years ago that said henceforth, forthwith, indubitably, affirmatively, you are for ‘Medicare for All’ for the ages.”īUTTIGIEG: “Just to be clear, the truth is that I have been consistent throughout in my position on delivering health care for every American.” Joe Biden told only part of the story when he boasted about a success as vice president in getting troops home from Iraq.Ī look at how some of their claims from Manchester, New Hampshire, compare with the facts: (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)Īmy Klobuchar called out Pete Buttigieg for an evolution on health care that he didn’t acknowledge. 7, 2020, hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., listen during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Friday, Feb. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, speaks as former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Democratic presidential candidate Sen.7, 2020, before the start of a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Amy Klobuchar, D–Minn., as Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. From left, Democratic presidential candidates former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, shakes hands with Sen.Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and businessman Tom Steyer stand on stage Friday, Feb. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. From left, Democratic presidential candidates entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen.
Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., stand on stage Friday, Feb. From left, Democratic presidential candidates former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen.
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