While the Bush administration was negotiating an agreement to keep the U.S. military in Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to convince Iraqi leaders that the president shouldn’t be allowed to do so without congressional approval, reports the Washington Times.
Two weeks after claiming the Democratic presidential nomination in June, Obama began conversing with Iraqi leaders and sparked controversy whether it was appropriate for a presidential candidate to contact foreign governments in which the current president is presently at odds.
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