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John McCain: “When we leave, that there's going to be a vacuum, there's going to be chaos, and there's going to be genocide.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2007
When we leave, that there's going to be a vacuum, there's going to be chaos, and there's going to be genocide.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain warns about the consequences of U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.

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