02/13/2018
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"I strongly disagree. The U.S."
"The fact of the matter is when the surge was undertaken, it was designed to tamp down violence to give some breathing room for the Iraqis, Sunni, Shia, the Kurds to do political reconciliation."
"Since 2003, we have spent $8 billion training the Iraqi police, approximately $1 billion a year."
"We have spent $63 billion in reconstructing Iraq. The past performance doesn't inspire great confidence."