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John Bel Edwards: “What's missing here is the president is basically and fundamentally wrong. He seems to think that somehow if we put more…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2007
What's missing here is the president is basically and fundamentally wrong. He seems to think that somehow if we put more troops behind what has been failing time and time again, that it will make it work. And I just think he's wrong.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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John Edwards critiques President Bush's strategy in Iraq, arguing that increasing troop levels will not resolve the ongoing issues.

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