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On the recordJuly 14, 2014
Both Congress and the Pentagon warned the White House about the worsening situation in Iraq, to no avail.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Perry claims that warnings about Iraq's situation were ignored by the White House.

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