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On the recordJune 15, 2010
I did not support going into Iraq because I saw it as no threat to the United States.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy expresses his opposition to the Iraq War, emphasizing its lack of threat to the U.S.

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