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John Kerry: I remember Iraq. Secretary Hagel who will soon be here and General Dempsey obviously also remembers it very well.…

On the recordSeptember 3, 2013
I remember Iraq. Secretary Hagel who will soon be here and General Dempsey obviously also remembers it very well. Secretary Hagel and I both voted in the United States Senate. And so both of us are especially sensitive to never again asking any member of Congress to vote on faulty intelligence.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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John Kerry emphasizes the importance of not relying on faulty intelligence when asking Congress to authorize military action.

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