Delaware senator and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden lent his foreign policy experience to a discussion of Iraq policy with a crowd of community members and students at the Memorial Union on Sunday.

More than 100 chairs were filled with vocal attendees spanning all age groups, observing or expressing frustration over the current situation in Iraq, and listening to Biden lay out his plan for securing Iraq and bringing U.S. troops home.

Biden articulated his plan in five points, including the proposed establishment of “one Iraq” with three decentralized regions, each with local law enforcement. He said this will resonate more with the citizens of Iraq, as their society is based upon denominations that go beyond religious groups and, Biden said, must be taken into account.

Biden also said that the regions should share oil revenues, giving each region a stake in the nation’s stability. He said the United States must involve Muslim countries in supporting the Iraqi Constitution, and that the U.S. must increase reconstruction assistance and implement a jobs program as well.

“Muscular foreign policy of preemption” must end, Biden said.

He also said the Iraq war is “the single greatest impediment to dealing with domestic issues,” and that the United States must be responsible with troop withdrawals, or Iraq could descend into civil war.

Biden also said that troop withdrawal from Iraq by March 2008 is “within our power.”

Biden also took questions from community members on domestic issues such as education and foreign policy issues outside of Iraq.

After the discussion, attendees had the chance to speak with leaders and members of organizations, such as Iowans for Sensible Priorities.

Caucus for Priorities, a nonprofit organization for progressive politics and fiscal responsibility, was on hand to talk with attendees about their goal of reducing spending from the Pentagon and channeling the funds into domestic programs.

Field organizer for Caucus for Priorities, John Day, said billions of dollars could be freed for other uses if weapons systems left over from the Cold War were canceled.

Day said the nonpartisan organization can be spotted at political events all over campus, Democratic and Republican alike.