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On the recordMay 26, 2008
History appears poised to confirm what most Americans today have decided: that the decision to invade Iraq was a serious strategic blunder.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Scott McClellan reflects on the Iraq war decision as a mistake.

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