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Jim Inhofe: “The surge, however, in Iraq, we ended up with close to 165,000 troops in a period of time of 18 months.”

On the recordJune 14, 2010
The surge, however, in Iraq, we ended up with close to 165,000 troops in a period of time of 18 months.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe discusses troop levels during the Iraq surge compared to Afghanistan.

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