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Beto O'Rourke: “The invasion of Iraq set off a chain of consequences, some of them factoring into what we are talking about today.”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2016
The invasion of Iraq set off a chain of consequences, some of them factoring into what we are talking about today.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

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O'Rourke discusses the long-term effects of the Iraq invasion.

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