“Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate a status of forces agreement,” Pence said. “And we removed all our troops from Iraq.”
Yet the 2011 deadline for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq was negotiated and signed by President George W. Bush in 2008. President Obama, and his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, inherited that plan.
Notably, Clinton warned in March 2008 that too quick a withdrawal of troops could be problematic, telling the Council on Foreign Relations, that “we cannot allow Iraq to become a breeding ground and safe haven for terrorists,” and that her plan “will not mean retreating from fighting terrorism in Iraq.”
Meanwhile, Donald Trump was among the most vocal supporters at the time for immediate troop withdrawal....
https://thinkprogress.org/mike-pence-blames-hillary-clinton-for-iraq-policy-created-by-bush-and-supported-by-trump-5c41ce063230#.kaek75e6a
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