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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Gradually day by day, the percentage of people that don't feel that way, that get it, that understand what the impact…”

On the recordMay 23, 2007
Gradually day by day, the percentage of people that don't feel that way, that get it, that understand what the impact is, not just on the perception of America in the world, but what the domestic day-to-day impact is, is growing. Besides the President's popularity ratings, which are in the toilet, we have a situation here where people are realizing, for example, that our National Guard is unable to be 100 percent ready to take care of us and do the job that we actually created the National Guard to do.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of the Iraq war on domestic readiness and public perception.

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