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On the recordNovember 12, 2014
Any Secretary of Defense who advises the President to engage in a ground invasion in the Middle East ought to have their head examined.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Courtney references Secretary Gates' warning against ground invasions in the Middle East.

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