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Randy Neugebauer: “I just returned 10 days ago from being in Iraq for the third time. I was in Fallujah, was in Ramadi, and talked to…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2007
I just returned 10 days ago from being in Iraq for the third time. I was in Fallujah, was in Ramadi, and talked to General Petraeus, a four-star general who we have tasked to finish and win the war in Iraq, all of the way down to the privates. And one of the privates said to me, Congressman, it is like this. In sporting events, we have home games and we have away games. We lost one of our home games; let's win this away game. He was referring to the attack on 9/11. That wasn't the first attack on home soil. So we have lost a couple of home games, we want to win the away games.
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Randy Neugebauer
Texas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the situation in Iraq and the metaphor of sports to describe military challenges.

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