Your vote counts in a major Senate race this year. When you head to the polls next Tuesday, May 13, you'll be deciding who will replace Sen. Chuck Hagel in Washington.

To prepare for that election, 10/11 brings you a week-long look at where the candidates stand on a number of issues. Today's issue is the War on Iraq.

Republican Mike Johanns visited Iraq as Secretary of Agriculture. He said the U.S. must be careful about withdrawing troops. Johanns' opponent Pat Flynn has a similar view.

"To just grab a time limit and set an arbitrary date, not based on any military experience, is to say to the terrorists, just hang on, in one or three years we'll be out of here and then you can take over. And you know what? Terrorists are in this for the long haul, they'll wait. They will wait and they'll fight you those one to three years, and then you have very serious consequences," said Mike Johanns, (R) U.S. Senate Candidate.

"I believe in following through our commitment, and that may not be the most popular avenue, but that's alright. You know, our enemy is patient, and as a nation we need to mature a little, you know, because we tend to think we need to have everything now, and results right now. If you look at the older countries, they don't think that way. They'll wait us out for 20 years. It's no big deal to them. They'll wait us out," said Pat Flynn, (R) U.S. Senate Candidate.

Scott Kleeb does not support hard and fast dates for troop withdrawal, but said we need to move toward reducing U.S. presence in Iraq.

"We need to have a goal in mind -- that we make sure the Iraqi government knows that our presence there is not forever, that we will make sure they know we will begin pulling our soldiers out and that you need to be as a government taking more responsibility for your country. That transition needs to happen very soon. But as far as 'X' amount of troops by 'X' date, I'm not going to get into particulars like that," said Scott Kleeb, (D) U.S. Senate candidate.

Tony Raimondo agrees that more responsibility for security ought to be shifted to Iraq. He said he does not support arbitrary dates for troop withdrawal.

"We've got to develop an exit strategy that our allies respect, 'cause we have lost so much respect around the world with our unilateral decisions. We can do that, I believe, in one to three years, but we've gotta have resolve to do it. There's no reason to stay in Iraq," said Tony Raimondo, (D) U.S. Senate candidate.