On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
What is the political purpose of the surge?
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Hagel questions the rationale behind increasing troop levels in Iraq.
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Over time if ISIL is not stopped, and with the economic power that it has now, then what I would foresee happening, not only an immediate threat to United States citizens and our people, our interests.
Did we not anticipate this? ... it is likely that, specifically, ISIL may well take territory in Iraq.