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On the recordMarch 8, 2017
Planning for peace is hard. We did not do it after we toppled Saddam Hussein, and we are still paying a price for that blindness today.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes the importance of planning for peace post-conflict to avoid future extremism.

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