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Charles Rangel: Because the idea of people dying, when people are saying there's no military solution, people saying I don't know why we…

On the recordNovember 19, 2006
Because the idea of people dying, when people are saying there's no military solution, people saying I don't know why we got in Iraq -- it was poor information -- others saying, we need more troops in Iraq -- and then I hear other people saying that we have got to pull the military option there with Iran and North Korea.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Rangel expresses his concerns about the discussions surrounding military options and troop levels in Iraq and other regions.

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