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Hillary Clinton: “Hope is not a strategy. Hortatory talk about what the Iraqi government must do is getting old. I mean, I have heard over…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2006
Hope is not a strategy. Hortatory talk about what the Iraqi government must do is getting old. I mean, I have heard over and over again the government must do this. The Iraqi army must do that. Nobody disagrees with that. The brutal fact is, it is not happening.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Senator Clinton emphasizes the ineffectiveness of the Iraqi government and army, criticizing the lack of action despite repeated calls for change.

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