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Joe Donnelly: One of the distressing things that happened in Iraq is so many of the real generals who were trained by you and many…

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
One of the distressing things that happened in Iraq is so many of the real generals who were trained by you and many others were replaced by folks who, through connections or friendship or whatever, wound up in those posts.
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Joe Donnelly
Democratic · Indiana

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Donnelly warns against replacing qualified military leaders with unqualified individuals.

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