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Bill Delahunt: “Mr. Ryan, do you realize that it has been more than 3 years, and this is the first time tomorrow that we will have a…”

On the recordJune 14, 2006
Mr. Ryan, do you realize that it has been more than 3 years, and this is the first time tomorrow that we will have a conversation about Iraq? There should have been hearings for the past 3 years. These heroes, these American heroes should have been invited to come before the appropriate committees of jurisdiction and allowed to testify about the incompetence of the prosecution of the peace in Iraq by this administration. But, no, they have been shut out, we have been shut out, and the American people don't know what is happening.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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