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On the recordDecember 6, 2005
We didn't get up to pre-war level in oil production. Today, they say we're making progress. I mean, I can only measure progress by what I see in the things that I can actually measure.
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John Murtha
Pennsylvania

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John Murtha challenges President Bush's claims of progress in Iraq by citing specific issues like oil production.

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