01/05/2009
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"I opposed this war from the beginning."
"This continues to be a disastrous foreign policy mistake."
"I think that we should not have had this discussion on 9/11 or 9/10 or 9/12, because I think it perpetuates this notion that, somehow, the original decision to go into Iraq was directly related to the..."
"We give thanks for the emergency responders who set an example of selfless sacrifice that we will never forget."