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Neil Abercrombie: “The reason this has relevance is because these are the people who are formulating the policy. These are the people who…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2003
The reason this has relevance is because these are the people who are formulating the policy. These are the people who are making the case for the foundations of the political policy that we find our troops having to bear the brunt of. That is the whole point here. The question is not whether we are against terror, the question is not whether there is support for the troops, the question is do we have a political policy that is worthy of their sacrifice.
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of political policy in relation to military sacrifices.

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