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On the recordNovember 17, 2004
I think there is a very good reason for us to talk about the past and to remember what has happened, because the very people who are responsible for having made these erroneous decisions in the past are the same people who are in positions of power and even being promoted in the present. That means that they will be in a position to make decisions about the future. Now, many of the decisions that have been made have been deadly decisions, and lives have been lost as a result of decisions that were based upon false information or distorted or twisted information; quite frankly, I believe information that was purposefully manipulated in such a way as to try to get the support of the American people for carrying out this President's foreign policy. I just want to share with my colleagues some human consequences of what has happened.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of past decisions on current foreign policy during a speech.

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