He has tried to distant himself from the reat of the democartic pack.
WASHINGTON - Presidential candidate Bill Richardson is accusing his Democratic rivals in the Senate of creating too many escape clauses for President Bush to leave U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely.
In a speech planned Tuesday before liberal activists, the New Mexico governor tried to differentiate himself in the primary race by stressing that he would leave "zero troops" in Iraq. He pointed out that his leading opponents have supported legislation that would leave behind an undetermined number of residual forces to train and equip Iraqi forces, among other things
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19307110/
WASHINGTON - Presidential candidate Bill Richardson is accusing his Democratic rivals in the Senate of creating too many escape clauses for President Bush to leave U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely.
In a speech planned Tuesday before liberal activists, the New Mexico governor tried to differentiate himself in the primary race by stressing that he would leave "zero troops" in Iraq. He pointed out that his leading opponents have supported legislation that would leave behind an undetermined number of residual forces to train and equip Iraqi forces, among other things
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19307110/