Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
This is not a military failure. Instead, it is a failure of strategy, a failure of policy, and most of all, a failure of leadership.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine criticizes the U.S. strategy in the Middle East over the past eight years.

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