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70% Approve Of President’s Iraq Plans

Here’s a final set of numbers from our new NBC/WSJ poll that we find fascinating: 57% say the Iraq war has been successful, versus 40% who say it has been unsuccessful.

It’s a reversal from July 2008, when 43% said Iraq was successful, and 53% said it was unsuccessful.

What’s more, nearly six in 10 (59%) believe the U.S. has accomplished as much as can be expected in Iraq, and 70% say they approve of President Obama’s plan to pull most troops out of Iraq by 2011.

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