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Joe Manchin: “I would think, General Dempsey, it has been pointed out here that we have spent multiple years, 10 years plus, a…”

On the recordMay 20, 2015
I would think, General Dempsey, it has been pointed out here that we have spent multiple years, 10 years plus, a trillion dollars, lost a lot of lives in Iraq, and we had 100,000 troops there at one time trying to train and defend and get them motivated. That did not work.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin questions the effectiveness of past military efforts in Iraq.

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