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On the recordMarch 15, 2006
We thought that we knew that Iraq was the most pressing threat because it possessed weapons of mass destruction. It did not. We preempted. We're now in a long-term entanglement in Iraq.
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Susan Rice
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Rice reflects on the misjudgment regarding Iraq's threat level and the consequences of preemptive action.

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