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Chuck Hagel: “I don't see, Madam Secretary, how things are getting better. I think things are getting worse.”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2006
I don't see, Madam Secretary, how things are getting better. I think things are getting worse.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Senator Chuck Hagel expresses skepticism about the improvement of conditions in Iraq.

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