Richard Lugar actually said...

That was the -- the largest deficiency. We have been struggling ever since. These are all situations that could have been predicted and that should have been met early on.

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Lugar reflects on the pre-war mistakes that led to ongoing struggles in Iraq.

03/19/2006

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