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George H.W. Bush: “The president's decision to go to war in Iraq was based on, quote, 'unreasonable and largely unsupportable…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2004
The president's decision to go to war in Iraq was based on, quote, 'unreasonable and largely unsupportable intelligence.'
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Summarizing the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's actions leading to the Iraq war.

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