Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“Colin Powell, interestingly enough, said that Obama got us out of Iraq. But it was Colin Powell, with his testimony before the U.N. Security Council, that got us into Iraq.”
— Sen. John McCain, quoted by the National Review, upset with the former Secretary of State’s endorsement of President Obama.
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