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Hillary Clinton: “In my exchanges with Secretary Gates, I pointed out that the seeds of many of the problems that continue to plague us in…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2007
In my exchanges with Secretary Gates, I pointed out that the seeds of many of the problems that continue to plague us in Iraq, both in terms of troops and mission, were planted in the failure to adequately plan for the conflict and then properly equip our men and women in uniform.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York
Source
congress.gov
Jan 23, 2007

Editor's note · Context

Discussing planning failures related to Iraq conflict and troop readiness.

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