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Carl Levin: “It ignores the realities on the ground to say that absolutely we are winning in Iraq, everybody's losing in Iraq at the…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2006
It ignores the realities on the ground to say that absolutely we are winning in Iraq, everybody's losing in Iraq at the moment and until there's a political settlement, they're going to continue to lose in Iraq.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin critiques Bush's assertion of victory in Iraq, highlighting the ongoing losses and need for political solutions.

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