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Hillary Clinton: “For the president to say, as he said on several occasions, he is going to leave this to his successor -- this is his…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2007
For the president to say, as he said on several occasions, he is going to leave this to his successor -- this is his war. He conceived it poorly. He executed it incompetently. He's pursuing a strategy that is really more of the same.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton argues that President Bush should take responsibility for the Iraq war rather than leaving it to his successor.

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