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On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
It is inappropriate in my view for the United States to be publicly soliciting a request... from the Government of Iraq for the retention of U.S. troops in Iraq.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin critiques the U.S. approach to requesting troop retention in Iraq.

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