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Edward M. Kennedy: I believe, quite frankly, we're in a cauldron at the present time, I'm not sure that the continued presence of American…

On the recordJanuary 23, 2007
I believe, quite frankly, we're in a cauldron at the present time, I'm not sure that the continued presence of American troops is useful and helpful in dampening down the kinds of intensity of the violence that we're seeing over there at this period of time.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
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congress.gov
Jan 23, 2007

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Senator Kennedy expresses doubts about the effectiveness of American troop presence in Iraq.

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