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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
We have helped create a security force of 800,000 in Iraq. What are we getting for that relationship, that investment?
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the effectiveness of the Iraqi security forces despite U.S. investment.

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