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On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
We run the risk, as I mentioned to General Petraeus and General McChrystal, of allowing our success to be defined by something that's never happened before, something that we can't totally control, which is something that concerns me.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Webb expresses concern about defining success in military operations.

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