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Bluenorthwest

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1. Of course Hagel voted in favor of the War in Iraq. Let us remember that 23 of his peers voted NO

Reply to luckyleftyme2 (Original post)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 10:18 AM

Jan 2013

including one Republican and one Independent. They were right. Hagel and the rest of the rush to invade Iraq for no reason crowd were wrong. Let us not forget those who got it right even as we elevate yet another of those who made the single worst decision regarding war in the history of the US.
US Senators who (unlike Hagel) actually opposed the Iraq War:
Akaka (D-HI), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Byrd (D-WV), Conrad (D-ND), Corzine (D-NJ), Dayton (D-MN), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Graham (D-FL), Inouye (D-HI), Kennedy (D-MA), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Mikulski (D-MD), Murray (D-WA), Reed (D-RI), Sarbanes (D-MD), Stabenow (D-MI), Wellstone (D-MN), and Wyden (D-OR).
Sen. Chafee (R-RI).
Sen. Jeffords (I-VT)

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Of course Hagel voted in favor of the War in Iraq. Let us remember that 23 of his peers voted NO Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #1