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Jay Inslee: “If I may dovetail on your disenchantment with the total irresponsible comments of the Secretary. He said there was al…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2003
If I may dovetail on your disenchantment with the total irresponsible comments of the Secretary. He said there was al Qaeda in Iraq before our attack on Iraq, and the evidence would suggest that was not the case. But as a result, following his efforts and his strategy, they are in Iraq and Iraq indeed has been turned into a potential breeding ground for terrorism. That is the kind of policy we do not want to see continued. This is the kind of mistake we do not want to see this administration make again.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing the presence of al Qaeda in Iraq and criticizing the administration's policy.

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