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Patrick Leahy: “I'm sorry about administration officials led by the vice president repeatedly trying to link Saddam Hussein to 9/11. I'm…”

On the recordMay 11, 2004
I'm sorry about administration officials led by the vice president repeatedly trying to link Saddam Hussein to 9/11. I'm sorry that truth tellers in the administration like General Shinsecki and Lawrence Lindsay were hounded out of their jobs. I'm sorry there's no real plan. I'm sorry the president taunted Iraqi resistance fighters to bring it on while our troops were still in harm's way.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy expresses regret over the Bush administration's actions and decisions regarding the Iraq war.

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