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Joe Manchin: I was shocked that, in the first week in December of 2001, we had made the decision to go to war in Iraq.

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
I was shocked that, in the first week in December of 2001, we had made the decision to go to war in Iraq.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin expresses surprise at the decision to invade Iraq shortly after toppling the Taliban.

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