Union Leader editorial falsely claimed Clinton said "troop surge in Iraq is working"

Published: August 24, 2007, 6:40 pm

Tags: new hampshire union leader, 2008 elections, government elections, hillary clinton, national security foreign policy, war in iraq

An August 24 New Hampshire Union Leader editorial falsely claimed, "On Monday [August 20], Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-NY] said Gen. David Petraeus' troop surge in Iraq is working. On Wednesday [August 22] she said 'it has failed.' Wow, success to failure in two days, and without a single decisive battle! That must be some kind of record." The editorial went on to state: "Her campaign quickly spun her Monday comments as commenting only on the progress in Al-Anbar [Province]. But that's not what she said. She said the surge was 'working' in 'some areas,' including Al-Anbar, not only Al-Anbar." In fact, as Media Matters for America has noted, Clinton said in her August 20 speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) that changed tactics in Iraq are "working" -- not President Bush's troop "surge" policy. As the Union Leader editorial noted, Clinton told the VFW: "We've begun to change tactics in Iraq, and in some areas, particularly in

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