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On the recordDecember 8, 2015
In early 2003 I was in the well of the Security Council arguing for a Chapter VII UNSC resolution permitting the use of force against Iraq.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy reflects on his advocacy for a UN resolution before the Iraq intervention.

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