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Joe Biden: “If we're going to do that that quickly, and we may have to practically, if we do that that quickly, and I'm not sure I'm…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2003
If we're going to do that that quickly, and we may have to practically, if we do that that quickly, and I'm not sure I'm going to vote $87 billion for that, because I think the chances of that succeeding are about as likely as this cup of coffee levitating and coming down and sitting on your table.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
congress.gov
Sep 24, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Biden expresses skepticism about quickly transferring power in Iraq.

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