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John Warner: If they fail to live up to their commitments--and I hope they do not--if they fail to meet the benchmarks of the initial…

On the recordJanuary 23, 2007
If they fail to live up to their commitments--and I hope they do not--if they fail to meet the benchmarks of the initial phases of the Baghdad operation, are you prepared to come back to your superiors, indeed the President and the Secretary of Defense and others, and say, we should not go forward until somehow we get not only the assurance but the actuality of their participating in successive phases of this Baghdad operation?
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John Warner
New York
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congress.gov
Jan 23, 2007

Editor's note · Context

Warner questions readiness to halt operations if commitments are not met.

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