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Mitch McConnell: If the Iraqis make progress, we leave. If they don't, we leave. This is not a choice. It is a mandate for defeat that al…

On the recordApril 25, 2007
If the Iraqis make progress, we leave. If they don't, we leave. This is not a choice. It is a mandate for defeat that al Qaeda desperately wants.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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Senate Minority Leader McConnell criticizes the proposed withdrawal timeline and frames it as a defeatist strategy.

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