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Joe Manchin: The authors of that agreement always intended for it to be renegotiated at a later date to allow some U.S. forces to…

On the recordNovember 14, 2011
The authors of that agreement always intended for it to be renegotiated at a later date to allow some U.S. forces to remain in Iraq.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin argues that the withdrawal agreement was meant to be flexible.

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