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On the recordSeptember 19, 2004
Bush hasn't been fully candid. If the reports that have leaked out from the Pentagon are to be believed... there is a plan to launch a major offensive in Fallujah... after the election.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala discusses the implications of a potential military offensive in Iraq being timed for after the election.

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