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title: "3 Debate Congress Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-coble/as-i-have-been-saying-for-more-than-a-year-now-turning-this-vital/)

[Howard Coble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-coble/)

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> [That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/that-s-one-of-the-major-lessons-no-president-should-ever-take-this/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

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> [The fact that there is a robust debate in Congress is good. The fact that the debate sometimes seems unanchored to facts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-fact-that-there-is-a-robust-debate-in-congress-is-good-the-fact/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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