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Bush's plan has been to shatter the status quo in the Middle East, break all the alliances, and stand immovable as they reassemble around him, locking him into place.

Mrs. Bill Clinton's plan has been to shatter the status quo in the Democratic Party, break all the alliances, and stand immovable as they reassemble around her, locking her into place.

Clinton Says She Is Only Candidate Who Will End the War in Iraq
By Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, April 10, 2008; A06

ALIQUIPPA, Pa., April 9 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that she is the only presidential candidate who will end the Iraq war, as she sought to assert her foreign policy credentials a day after hearing congressional testimony from top U.S. leaders in Iraq.

Speaking at an event with retired flag officers here, Clinton (N.Y.) accused her rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), of being disingenuous about his promise to end the war.

"We need to be planning and preparing to start bringing our troops home, and I have committed to doing that within 60 days of my becoming president," she said. "Senator Obama, on the other hand, says he'll end the war, but his top foreign policy adviser said he won't necessarily follow the plan he's been talking about during this campaign -- that the plan is 'just words.' Well, you can count on me to end the war safely and responsibly."

At a stop outside Pittsburgh later in the day, Clinton added Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) to her line of attack, saying, "One candidate will continue the war, one candidate only says he'll end the war, and one candidate is ready, willing and able to end the war."

Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan dismissed Clinton's criticism as a "tired and discredited attack." Clinton was referring to comments by then-Obama adviser Samantha Power weeks ago that Obama's plans to pull combat troops out of Iraq in 16 months were a "best-case scenario." Power later resigned from the campaign.

Despite the attacks by Clinton, Obama and McCain largely ignored her and dueled with each other over Iraq and the economy.