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On the recordDecember 2, 2009
I voted, with reluctance, because I believed more troops would help our situation. We added the troops. The violence got worse.
Said by
Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Senator Boxer expresses regret over voting for troop increases as violence escalated.

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