I think now would be a particularly bad time to send a signal to the international community and to our overall financial system by playing politics in any way with this upcoming vote,".

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But they say it sends an appropriate signal that says the U.S.will not give up, and at the same time the troops will not stay in the region a day more than they must.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06