Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain has a vision of what his first term in office will look like, and it includes America welcoming home '"most" of it's servicemen and women by 2013.

"...the following are conditions that I intend to achieve. And toward that end, I will focus all the powers of the office, every skill and strength I possess, and seize every opportunity to work with members of Congress who put the national interest ahead of partisanship, and any country in the world that shares our hopes for a more peaceful and prosperous world.

By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq War has been won, " McCain said Thursday in Columbus, Ohio.

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Last Friday, Carly Fiorina called BlogHer to answer some of your questions as "victory chair" in the presidential campaign of presumptive Republican nominee and Senator John McCain (R-AZ). As you'll hear in the podcast above, "Carly," as the former CEO of Hewlett Packard asked to be called, covered a lot of territory in our podcast interview, including:

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