Eliot Engel: “Looking back at this statement, President Bush was right, except his…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2020

Looking back at this statement, President Bush was right, except his administration and subsequent administrations did repeat that mistake.

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Engel reflects on Bush's quote, agreeing that mistakes were repeated in Afghanistan by multiple administrations.

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