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Hillary Clinton: “A main tenet of counterinsurgency doctrine is that victory is achieved when the populace consents to the government's…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2007
A main tenet of counterinsurgency doctrine is that victory is achieved when the populace consents to the government's legitimacy.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York
Source
congress.gov
Jan 23, 2007

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the importance of government legitimacy in counterinsurgency.

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