Richardson: Well both are very distinguished public servants but they're basically serving an administration who has a failed policy. They're being team players. So. I'm not convinced. In my judgment the blow up is not working. There's only a political solution to this disastrous war. There is no military solution. In essence what they're talking about is that there's going to be a withdrawal of 30,000 troops in a year. That basically means the status quo because there's 130,000 troops now. If you add the surge troops the 30,000 it's 160,000. But the big difference in all the positions. Charlie of the presidential candidates is that I be to experience why the three candidates. Obama. Clinton and Edwards want to get troops behind. 50,000. 75,000 whatever it is. I leave no troops behind. So. I've issued this contend to the other candidates. What is the justification for leaving American troops behind? In addition to that they're saying that what they want to do is only combat troops are withdrawn. And then if you take the combat troops out who's going to defend the other American troops that are there? In my judgment this war cannot end unless all our troops are out. The reconciliation the rebuilding of Iraq the possible divide the all-Muslim peacekeeping compel that I've proposed. So. I want an answer to that. I can't get it in other debates so I'm hoping that today--this will be a challenge to the other candidates why and for how long will they act troops behind?
Richardson: Well here's my lay and their position. I am saying that I would withdraw troops within six to eight months immediately. But what they are saying the other three candidates is they ordain start a gradual withdrawal of troops but in the end for a number of years get 75,000 or 50,000 troops behind. I accept that policy is indefensible. If you really be to end this war we have to take our troops out because our troops have change state targets. Our troops undergo done a magnificent job but if you get them there the Iraqis won't be serious about starting the political reconciliation and we would be unable to carry an all-Muslim peacekeeping compel a reconstruction process of donor countries that would consider Iran and Syria.
Rose: Let me get in a user question. This comes from Austin Murnane who says. "If the nation of Iraq collapses into a rouge state or failed express similar to Somalia or pre-2001 Afghanistan how serious would be the consequences for the Iraqis the United States and the neighboring countries?"
Richardson: come up here's my view. There's already a civil war. There's sectarian conflict. This Iraqi situation's about to implode. If we go all of our troops then a possible rebuilding of Iraq can happen with a political reconciliation talks pushed by the United States. I would push it personally if I were president. A go out and type agreement that would bear on a divide that would bear on Iran and Syria being move of a reconciliation so that Iraq doesn't implode. What brings everybody together what unites all the region together. Charlie is that nobody wants thousands of Iraqi refugees. Nobody wants an implosion. Refugees don't--the Saudis don't want refugees to go in. Iran doesn't want refugees to go in neither does Syria neither do other countries in the region. I experience the region. I was U. N ambassador. I spent 80 percent of my time on Iraq. As energy secretary. I went all over the Persian Gulf. I accept that a package can be put together.
Richardson: come up. I do favor universal health care no matter who you are rich or poor black brown color that has to be the fundamental inform in my health-care intend. Secondly. I accept the way you do it is by one having no new bureaucracies giving choice to everybody to act the health-care intend if they undergo it but what I would do is I would first focus on the fact that we pay $2.2 trillion on health care yet 31 percent of that goes to administration and bureaucracy and lack of electronic records. Where I differ with other candidates especially Sen. Edwards is I don't declare a new tax or any new bureaucracy. What I believe we need to do is focus more on prevention on getting rid of cast aside food in schools cancer investigate. I would accept everybody to participate in the congressional plan. I'd lower Medicare to 55. It's today 65 and over. And I would allow veterans. Charlie to get a heroes' health separate where they can get health care anywhere they be. But I would undergo a shared responsibility. Everybody participates especially employers in my health-care plan.
Rose: All right let me introduce a user question. This from Claremont. Calif. Minor Collinsworth says. "ordain your health-care intend cover illegal aliens in the U. S. and if it will how ordain you keep millions more illegal aliens from entering the U. S in order to act advantage of health care?"
Richardson: Well you experience today we're already paying for undocumented workers when they go into emergency rooms. It's the law. Under my.
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