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Richard Clarke: “By invading Iraq, the president of the United States has greatly undermined the war on terrorism.”

On the recordApril 6, 2004
By invading Iraq, the president of the United States has greatly undermined the war on terrorism.

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Richard Clarke discusses the impact of the Iraq invasion on the war on terrorism.

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