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Eliot Engel: “I have to confess to you, listening to you makes one, you know, feel that one is in a scene in the Wizard of Oz where we…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2014
I have to confess to you, listening to you makes one, you know, feel that one is in a scene in the Wizard of Oz where we are being counseled to pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel criticizes the previous Iraqi government and its impact on ISIS's rise.

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