03/05/2018
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"The surge in Iraq, ordered by President George W. Bush, worked."
"I am willing to help the President, and to help you gentlemen, take this hill again if I believe there is a plan that will work and be successful."
"President Obama rejected the advice of many of his top military leaders to leave a residual force."
"I want to make sure that we don't make the same mistake again by throwing those gains away."