Chuck Hagel actually said...

When you're looking at the numbers that were violently opposed to Aznar's policy, putting 1,300 Spanish troops in Iraq, initially with the Bush administration on the invasion of Iraq a year ago, there's going to be a consequence for that.

Context

Senator Hagel commented on the backlash against former Prime Minister Aznar's support for the Iraq war.

03/14/2004

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