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Chuck Hagel: it is not unpatriotic to question the president, that even saying it is the Bush administration dividing the country…

On the recordNovember 15, 2005
it is not unpatriotic to question the president, that even saying it is the Bush administration dividing the country -- it is the president saying the Democrats are dividing the country, the Democrats who are undermining the mission.
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Chuck Hagel
Republican · Nebraska

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Chuck Hagel argues that questioning the President is patriotic and criticizes the administration's narrative about Democrats.

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