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Seth Moulton: “If we don't know what the long-term plan is, then I am not sure it is worth putting these troops at risk in Iraq today.”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
If we don't know what the long-term plan is, then I am not sure it is worth putting these troops at risk in Iraq today.
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Seth Moulton
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Moulton questions the lack of a clear long-term strategy for U.S. troops in Iraq.

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