Senate hopefuls disagree on methods
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
By Staff
A forum Friday allows for little interaction among the five candidates.
By Mark Binker
Staff Writer
NEW BERN — The differences displayed by U.S. Senate candidates at a forum Friday night were less about what they would do if elected and more about how they would do it.
For example, on the question of what to do in Iraq, state Sen. Kay Hagan of Greensboro said troops needed to be brought home from Iraq quickly in conjunction with "a diplomatic surge." She talked about carefully calibrating the withdrawal.
Chapel Hill investment adviser Jim Neal said that the need was more urgent and that the time for a diplomatic surge "had come and gone."
Instead, he said Congress should cut off funding for further combat in Iraq. (more…)
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