On the recordMarch 1, 2004
It is unfortunate that a million acts of kindness and goodwill and bravery by our troops have been overshadowed by the shameful acts at the prison in Iraq.
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Durbin discusses the overshadowing of positive troop actions by negative incidents in Iraq.
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