Lindsey Graham: “Can you have a functioning democracy where the capital itself is not…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2007

Can you have a functioning democracy where the capital itself is not secure?

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Jan 23, 2007

Questioning the feasibility of democracy in Iraq amidst violence.

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