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Adam Kinzinger: “I believe, as President Obama said, we did leave behind a free and fair Iraq and, unfortunately, we left them behind.”

On the recordApril 17, 2018
I believe, as President Obama said, we did leave behind a free and fair Iraq and, unfortunately, we left them behind.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger reflects on the U.S. efforts in Iraq and the current challenges.

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