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On the recordNovember 19, 2006
But I think the important thing is not experienced per se, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney had the best resumes from Washington and initiated a fiasco in Iraq, but rather, does someone have the judgment necessary to learn from experience and make good decisions.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama argues that experience alone does not guarantee good decision-making, referencing Rumsfeld and Cheney.

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