Robert Gates actually said...

I think we did not have the high-level interrogators there that we now have protocols in place to ensure would be present in such a situation.

Gates acknowledges the lack of high-level interrogators in a past situation.

02/01/2010

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No, sir.

My greatest worry, if we mishandle the next year or two, and if we leave Iraq in chaos, is that a variety of regional powers will become inv...

It seems to me that the United States is going to have to have some presence in Iraq for a long time.

There clearly were insufficient troops in Iraq after the initial invasion.