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On the recordJanuary 18, 2005
I think the only people who leveled with us before the war--like General Shinseki, who said it would take several hundred-thousand troops to secure Iraq, and the Economic Advisor, Larry Lindsay, who said it would cost upward of $200 billion--were shown the door.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
congress.gov
Jan 18, 2005

Editor's note · Context

Biden criticizes the dismissal of officials who provided honest assessments before the war.

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