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Bill Nelson: “Now you can't tell me that all of this was going on with seven or eight Army privates, and so the question is where did…”

On the recordMay 11, 2004
Now you can't tell me that all of this was going on with seven or eight Army privates, and so the question is where did that failure of the command and control occur?
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Senator Nelson questions the extent of the abuse at Abu Ghraib, implying that it was not just the work of a few rogue soldiers.

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