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Dick Durbin: One of the reasons we ended up in a 12- or 13-year war is there was not any of this discussion on the front end.

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
One of the reasons we ended up in a 12- or 13-year war is there was not any of this discussion on the front end.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin reflects on the lack of discussion leading to prolonged conflict.

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