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Jeb Bush: No leader or policymaker involved will claim to have gotten everything right in the region, Iraq especially. Yet in a…

On the recordAugust 10, 2015
No leader or policymaker involved will claim to have gotten everything right in the region, Iraq especially. Yet in a long experience that includes failures of intelligence and military setbacks, one moment stands out in memory as the turning point we had all been waiting for. And that was the surge of military and diplomatic operations that turned events toward victory.
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Jeb Bush

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Jeb Bush reflects on the surge in Iraq as a turning point and criticizes Hillary Clinton's stance during that time.

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