I continue to believe that this decision represents a failure of leadership, both Iraqi and American, that it was a sad case of political expediency, supplanting military necessity, both in Baghdad and in Washington, and that it will have serious negative consequences for the stability of Iraq and the national security interests of the United States.
Manchin criticizes the leadership decisions regarding U.S. involvement in Iraq.
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