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Romney 'Absolutely Wrong' on 'Secret' Timetables, Hunter Says
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ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Mitt Romney's morning show embrace of private "timetables" for U.S. involvement in Iraq has drawn fire from a rival for the Republican presidential nomination.
"Romney is absolutely wrong in recommending a secret timetable," Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., tells ABC News in a telephone interview while campaigning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "Secret timetables are bad because in the end they all become public and the enemy uses them to estimate the limit on America’s endurance."
Hunter, who is a Vietnam veteran and a former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, thinks the U.S. can achieve a "successful exit" from Iraq if it accelerates the on-going rotation of Iraqi battalions currently stationed in peaceful parts of Iraq into Baghdad and other contentious zones.
"The key to a successful American exit from Iraq," said Hunter, "is the stand-up and deployment of the Iraqi military."
Hunter, who raised $500,000 in the first quarter as compared to Romney's $21 million, is basing his candidacy on his support for an "enforceable border," a "strong national defense," and a commitment to "bringing back high-paying manufacturing jobs" by revamping U.S. trade policies.
April 3, 2007 in Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (4)
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This is the difference between a candidate with 21 million dollars and not one day of military experience, with a candidate with less than a million on hand right now, but with Army Ranger/Combat Vet experience plus 26 years on the House Armed Services Committee.
I think President Duncan Hunter would be better equipped to lead America to victory in the War on Terror.
Now if we get into a War with the 2008 Olympics Committee, Mitt's the guy!
Posted by: Mark Jessup | Apr 3, 2007 8:55:17 PM
Duncan Hunter is just trying to made a headline. Everyone knows that Bush and the Pentagon have secret timetables b/c they have to plan for rotations and budgets.
Mitt Romney is swiftly emerging as the best GOP candidate. He's the smartest, best looking, strongest fiscal hawk, most pro-growth, best public speaker, strongest family values candidate. Let's not forget that Clinton and Reagan came from very low poll numbers and out of no where b/c they were also charismatic and powerful candidates. It'll be Mitt vs. Billary in '08.
Posted by: Jared R. | Apr 4, 2007 9:10:21 AM
John McCain criticizes Mitt Romney for stating that the President of the United States
should have a private plan, benchmarks and timetable for Iraq. Apparently McCain wants
us to elect him President and put him in charge of the war in Iraq without him having any
plan and without him having any time table for accomplishing that plan. McCain's
position is absurd, especially coming from someone with a military background.
Posted by: C John Cotton | Jan 28, 2008 8:49:12 AM
They say when you get old, your memory is the first thing to go.....thus appears to be McCain's problem regarding what the thought Mitt Romney said, but can't articulate with accuracy....
Posted by: louinjax | Jan 28, 2008 11:41:22 PM
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