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Dick Durbin: “Nobody wants to compare this to Vietnam, but it's starting to feel that way on the ground.”

On the recordMarch 1, 2004
Nobody wants to compare this to Vietnam, but it's starting to feel that way on the ground.
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Mar 1, 2004

Editor's note · Context

Durbin draws parallels between the Iraq situation and the Vietnam War.

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