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On the recordJuly 18, 2004
He chose to go to war there, I think in good faith but I think he was wrong and I do think he misled us and tried to hype the intelligence and arguments going into it.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas
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Paul Begala asserts that President Bush misled the public regarding the justification for the Iraq war.

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