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On the recordJuly 21, 2004
It looks like the Republicans don't want to take the first step. We know that the lead-up to the Iraqi war had some rather uninspired intelligence to be kind about it. So we probably need somebody new that will take action and will kind of rethink this thing in a different and more creative way.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

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Carville discusses the need for new leadership and action in response to the intelligence failures leading up to the Iraq war.

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