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We won when we toppled Saddam. That was the only clear goal of this war, to topple the Iraqi government. It took about 10 minutes.

Howard Dean

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Howard Dean
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 17
Former Governor Of Vermont
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Howard Brush Dean III
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