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Daniel Inouye: “His honest assessment that more troops would be needed cost him his job, but it is the surest measure of his fitness to…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
His honest assessment that more troops would be needed cost him his job, but it is the surest measure of his fitness to serve as a member of the cabinet.
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Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Inouye praises Shinseki's honesty about troop needs during the Iraq War.

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