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Iowa Republican Rep. Leach, once an aide to Rumsfeld, said the White House made one of the most misguided assumptions ever by not planning for decisive withdrawal from Iraq
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Iowa Republican Rep. Leach, once an aide to Rumsfeld, said the White House made one of the most misguided assumptions ever by not planning for decisive withdrawal from Iraq