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Thomas H. Andrews: “We attacked Saddam Hussein. We attacked Iraq. It did not justify the loss of 530 American lives when the United Nations…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2004
We attacked Saddam Hussein. We attacked Iraq. It did not justify the loss of 530 American lives when the United Nations had contained Saddam Hussein.

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Tom Andrews expresses his belief that the invasion of Iraq was unjustified and resulted in unnecessary loss of life.

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