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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
it requires 'the willing suspension of disbelief' to believe that our strategic interests are advanced by withdrawing our forces.
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Gus Bilirakis
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Bilirakis quotes Clinton to highlight skepticism about the benefits of troop withdrawal from Iraq.

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