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Jim Webb: You don't see--and I'm not trying to put words in your mouth--from what I'm hearing, you would not analogize the…

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
You don't see--and I'm not trying to put words in your mouth--from what I'm hearing, you would not analogize the situation in Iraq to, for instance, the basing system that we have in Korea.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Webb questions the comparison of Iraq's situation to the U.S. military presence in Korea.

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