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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 12, 2004

If we're not better than that, then I simply want no part in what we're doing.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 12, 2004

Two-thirds of the Iraqis simply want us to leave as of yesterday, and every battlefield success appears to be nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 12, 2004

It is unfortunate that a million acts of kindness and goodwill and bravery by our troops have been overshadowed by the shameful acts at the prison in Iraq.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 12, 2004

Wouldn't it help if there was clarity from you and from this administration that we would abide by the Geneva Conventions?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 12, 2004

Take away the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), the links to al Qaeda, and the singular reason for being here was the prospect of disposing of a ruthless dictator and bringing democracy to Iraq.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 8, 2004

I think this whole program is fatally flawed.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 8, 2004

And we put in rules that are unintelligible to the senators and to the seniors.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Apr 8, 2004

We decided we were going to invent something new.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 30, 2003

Here we are, five months after the fact, after thousands of our inspectors have combed all of those sites and others and have come up empty.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 22, 2003

I don't understand how they could walk into this situation and not understand the appearance of impropriety in giving a no-bid contract to a Halliburton subsidiary.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 22, 2003

I think it's the wrong one, and I think you're going to hear about it, as you should.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 22, 2003

I just don't think this is fair to military families.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 10, 2003

This article also went into Prince Bandar's relationship with our Government and the relationship of the Carlyle Group...

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 10, 2003

I am personally shocked and horrified that there appears to be no--I am not even sure the people who know or should know have a list of who was on those planes...

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 10, 2003

I would hope that if there is a future hearing involving this, Mr. Chairman, that other than the CAIR organization...

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 10, 2003

What a strange relationship we have with Saudi Arabia.

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