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Ben Cardin: “It was good to get rid of Saddam Hussein, but we should have perhaps done a better job of thinking about what we were…”

On the recordMay 11, 2016
It was good to get rid of Saddam Hussein, but we should have perhaps done a better job of thinking about what we were going to put in place after he left.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cardin critiques the lack of planning following Hussein's removal in Iraq.

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