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Roger Wicker: “The surge in Iraq, ordered by President George W. Bush, worked.”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2014
The surge in Iraq, ordered by President George W. Bush, worked.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker asserts the effectiveness of the Iraq surge under Bush.

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