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January 2, 2002: Sen. McCain Tells US Troops: ‘Next Stop, Baghdad!’

2002-01-02

Senator John McCain (R-AZ), speaking before US troops on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Arabian Sea, shouts out, “Next stop, Baghdad!” [New York Times, 8/16/2008]