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On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
At what point exactly did our mission in Iraq expand so dramatically that our conversation has shifted to bringing democracy and free-market economies to the entire Middle East?
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Robert C. Byrd

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Byrd questions the expansion of U.S. objectives in Iraq.

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