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Adam Kinzinger: “I am worried that we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq.”

On the recordJune 4, 2013
I am worried that we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kinzinger expresses concern over U.S. foreign policy failures in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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