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Associated PressBy SEANNA ADCOX
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Saturday he will not relent in his fight against Democrats in Congress who want to set a date for withdrawing troops from Iraq.
In this image released by the U.S. Army, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, R-Ariz. center, visits the popular Shorja market in central Baghdad, Iraq, in this April 1, 2007 file photo. McCain said Saturday July 28, 2007 he will not relent in his fight against Democrats in Congress who want to set a date for withdrawing troops from Iraq. (AP Photo/Sgt. Matthew Roe, US Army, File)
"We will not allow the United States of America to lose this war," the Arizona senator told a packed crowd at a restaurant.
McCain led GOP efforts to defeat legislation this month that would force the withdrawal of combat troops. Doing so, he said, would mean chaos and genocide.
"If the war's lost, who won? Al-Qaida? Tell that to the 160,000 brave young Americans who are serving and sacrificing in Iraq today as we speak," he said. "It's disgraceful."
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