John McCain's reply, at a town meeting in Derry, N.H., on Jan. 3, to a voter who mentioned President Bush's remark about US troops staying in Iraq for 50 years:
"Maybe 100. We've been in South Korea, we've been in Japan for 60 years. We've been in South Korea for 50 years or so. That'd be fine with me as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. Then it's fine with me. I would hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where Al Qaeda is training, recruiting, equipping, and motivating people every single day."
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