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Roger Wicker: “The Iraqi Government is extremely fragile. Iraqi leaders privately concede the need for an extended U.S. troop presence…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2011
The Iraqi Government is extremely fragile. Iraqi leaders privately concede the need for an extended U.S. troop presence in Iraq
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker highlights the fragility of the Iraqi government and the need for U.S. troop presence.

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