On the recordAugust 30, 2010
The surge was only necessary because President Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld went to war with too few troops.
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transcripts.cnn.comPaul Begala: “The surge was only necessary because President Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld went to war with too few troops.”
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Paul Begala discusses the reasons behind the necessity of the surge in Iraq.
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