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Jim Inhofe: Despite losing more than 4,500 American lives and spending more than $1 trillion in Iraq since 2003, our hasty, I felt…

On the recordDecember 13, 2017
Despite losing more than 4,500 American lives and spending more than $1 trillion in Iraq since 2003, our hasty, I felt, ill-thought-out troop withdrawal opened the door to Iran to accomplish its strategic objectives in Iraq.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe criticizes the troop withdrawal from Iraq for enabling Iranian influence.

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