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James Carville: “This is good. It was good that we won, the Allies won El Alamein, and Montgomery (ph), did. But this -- in a historical…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2010
This is good. It was good that we won, the Allies won El Alamein, and Montgomery (ph), did. But this -- in a historical context, this is just the end of the beginning.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville reflects on the significance of stopping the oil flow but warns that the challenges are far from over.

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