May 24: Democratic presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden was a guest on MSNBC's "Hardball" with Chris Matthews last night. (See links to transcript and video, below). One of the topics they discussed was the Iraq war bill.
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BIDEN: "What I would do is, I would fundamentally change the mission. With 17 Republicans, we can say, 'Mr. President, you cannot go into the middle of this civil war. You must begin to draw down the troops immediately."
MATTHEWS: "How do you intend to do that without cutting off the money?"
BIDEN: "What you do is, you change the mission. (Pres. Bush) has no authority to use the money for anything other than that. You can cut off money for certain things that he is doing."
MATTHEWS: "I see."
BIDEN: "You're not cutting money off to train Iraqis. You're not cutting off money to bring the troops home. You're not cutting money off to prevent al Qaeda from occupying large swaths of territory. You're changing the mission, and you're getting out of Iraq."
BIDEN: "If I were president, I'd begin to get us out of that war right now. I would change the mission. And I would impose a political settlement through the world community so that we wouldn't leave chaos behind."
<font color="#0000ff">VIDEO: </font> To view the video of Senator Biden's response to Chris Matthews questions on last night's "Hardball," click HERE.
Read the transcript of the "Hardball" broadcast including all show guests HERE.