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Lee Hamilton: “We're saying that, no matter what Iraq does, we're going to act on our own. In other words, we're not going to give the…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2006
We're saying that, no matter what Iraq does, we're going to act on our own. In other words, we're not going to give the Iraqis a veto power over what we do or do not do.

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Lee Hamilton emphasizes the U.S. intention to act independently of Iraqi decisions.

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