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Austin Scott: Especially what was most disheartening was the buildup to that war, to use the credibility of General Colin Powell, and…

On the recordFebruary 27, 2007
Especially what was most disheartening was the buildup to that war, to use the credibility of General Colin Powell, and then to abandon what you refer to, with the huge number of troops, the Powell doctrine. You are going to go in, you go in with force.
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Austin Scott
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the buildup to the Iraq War and the implications of the Powell doctrine.

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