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On the recordSeptember 23, 2007
The American people didn't go in. A few people advising this administration, a small number of people called the neoconservatives hijacked our foreign policy. They're responsible, not the American people. They're not responsible. We shouldn't punish them.
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Ron Paul

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Ron Paul criticizes the neoconservative influence on U.S. foreign policy regarding the Iraq war.

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