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Marilyn Strickland: “The history of this administration is anyone who questions is shoved aside. General Shinseki said we would need hundreds…”

On the recordMay 5, 2004
The history of this administration is anyone who questions is shoved aside. General Shinseki said we would need hundreds of thousands of troops. He was literally ridiculed by the Secretary of Defense and others.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing the treatment of dissenting voices within the administration.

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