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Marilyn Strickland: “It takes strength and it takes confidence to be willing to admit a mistake. And, quite frankly, we have not heard the…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2004
It takes strength and it takes confidence to be willing to admit a mistake. And, quite frankly, we have not heard the President or the Vice President admit any mistakes, any mistakes. Anytime there is bad news coming out of Iraq, and it is coming out on a daily basis, the word we get from the White House is, we expected that.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

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Criticizing the President and Vice President for not admitting mistakes regarding the situation in Iraq.

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