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On the recordJanuary 23, 2007
So if there is a bloodbath in Baghdad, are we going to sit on the sidelines and watch it happen? Is that in our national interest?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the consequences of potential violence in Baghdad.

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