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Roger Wicker: “I did understand your answer to my question in our private conversation to be, when pressed, that indeed our invasion of…”

On the recordApril 27, 2009
I did understand your answer to my question in our private conversation to be, when pressed, that indeed our invasion of Iraq was a violation of international law.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker summarizes his understanding of Koh's views on the legality of the Iraq invasion.

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