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Gary Ackerman: “I was too ready to believe the Bush administration's warning of an imminent and terrible threat.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
I was too ready to believe the Bush administration's warning of an imminent and terrible threat.
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Gary Ackerman
New York

Editor's note · Context

Ackerman reflects on his initial support for the Iraq war post-9/11.

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