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The president and others say that if we leave, it will just be chaos in Iraq. Well, right now when you come to Iraq, you can't even drive from the airport to the Green Zone.

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Russ Feingold
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 2
Former U.S. Senate Member
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Janesville
Wisconsin
Russell Dana Feingold
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