Obama waxa uu ahaa mid hore ka soo horjeeda George W. Bush ee 2003 duulaan ee Ciraaq. On October 2, 2002, maalintii Madaxweyne Bush iyo Congress ku heshiiyeen qaraarka wadajir ah oggolaaday in dagaalkii Ciraaq, Obama ka hadlay kulankii ugu horeeyay ee sare ee Chicago dagaalkii Ciraaq, oo ka hadlay dagaalka ka dhanka ah. Waxa uu ka hadlay kulan kale oo dagaal ka dhanka ah dagaalkii bishii March 2003 oo dadkii badnaa u sheegay in "ma aha goor dambe" si ay u joojiyaan dagaalka. Go'aamada ay doorashada madaxtinimada Jamhuuriga Peter Fitzgerald iyo Carol Moseley uu ka horreeyay Jamhuuriyadda si ay u galaan doorashada madaxtinimada siyaasadeed David Axelrod by August 2002. Obama si rasmi ah ku dhawaaqay musharaxnimadiisa bishii January 2003. Obama wuxuu ahaa mid hore ka soo horjeeda George W. Bush ee 2003 duulaan ee Ciraaq.
Nofeembar 2004