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Claire McCaskill: I'm worried we're going to have 30,000 troops in Iraq and 100,000 contractors.

On the recordJanuary 26, 2009
I'm worried we're going to have 30,000 troops in Iraq and 100,000 contractors.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Expressing concern about the imbalance of troops to contractors in Iraq.

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