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Paul Wolfowitz: Paul, you support arming the opposition, but say we have been waiting too long to really learn about them, right?

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
Paul, you support arming the opposition, but say we have been waiting too long to really learn about them, right?
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Paul Wolfowitz

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Wolfowitz acknowledges the need to arm the opposition while criticizing the delay in understanding them.

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