On the recordMarch 1, 2004
Take away the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), the links to al Qaeda, and the singular reason for being here was the prospect of disposing of a ruthless dictator and bringing democracy to Iraq.
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Durbin critiques the justification for the Iraq war by questioning its original goals.
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