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Dick Durbin: I do not think anybody envisioned we were voting for the longest war in the history of the United States of America.

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
I do not think anybody envisioned we were voting for the longest war in the history of the United States of America.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin reflects on the unexpected length of U.S. involvement in Iraq following the initial vote.

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