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Peter Welch: “A lot of the situations that you are uncovering just reflect the impossible expectations oftentimes that Congress has.”

On the recordDecember 6, 2011
A lot of the situations that you are uncovering just reflect the impossible expectations oftentimes that Congress has.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Welch comments on Congress's unrealistic expectations regarding police development in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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