"It was stunning actually, because what you would……" — Chris Van Hollen
"It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation that we encountered in Iraq was not what we expected, that it was not what he said it would be."
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Chris Van Hollen
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21 Quotes by Chris Van Hollen
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One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.
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In fact, if you look upon the situation today, there is great division in the world and we have failed…
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Instead, we did take our eye off the ball. We decided, instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, to go…
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