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Neil Abercrombie: In fact, if one takes into account, and I am looking here at an article in the Wall Street Journal, in an opinion…

On the recordDecember 8, 2003
In fact, if one takes into account, and I am looking here at an article in the Wall Street Journal, in an opinion article, ``Politics and People,'' Albert Hunt, ``What Might Have Been,'' and it concerns our good friend and my good friend and fellow Hawaiian, General Eric Shinseki, former Chief of the Army, who, as you know, was vilified by people in the administration.
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii

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Discussing the treatment of General Eric Shinseki during a House floor speech.

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