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Joe Biden: “I think it's a failure of both leadership and policy. And I think, you know, one of the things you've got to look at, 99…”

On the recordJune 5, 2006
I think it's a failure of both leadership and policy. And I think, you know, one of the things you've got to look at, 99 percent of our troops over there, these are guys and women who are doing God's work. They're working hard. They're serious. They're decent. And that's all the more reason why this should be dealt with swiftly.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Biden critiques the leadership and policy failures regarding the situation in Iraq.

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