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Iraq vote puts Dem candidates in a bind

Joe Biden is the only Democratic senator running for president who has not taken a position on the latest war-cutoff legislation. Hillary Clinton said she will vote for it.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As the Senate prepares to vote on a measure that would cut off funding for the war in Iraq, Democrats running for president are making a hard decision -- whether to vote for an amendment that would cut off funding for the war.

Three of the four senators in the race say they will vote in favor of the measure, one of two war-related amendments that Majority Leader Harry Reid has attached to an unrelated water resources development bill.

Another amendment, sponsored by Reid and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, includes troop withdrawal timelines but also a provision that would allow the president to waive the timelines.

-- CNN Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash

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