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Patrick Leahy: “Al Qaeda wasn't in Iraq when we started this war. They are there now.”

On the recordMarch 1, 2004
Al Qaeda wasn't in Iraq when we started this war. They are there now.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
Source
congress.gov
Mar 1, 2004

Editor's note · Context

Leahy highlights the presence of Al Qaeda in Iraq post-invasion.

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