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I don't think you can solve what's going on in Iraq unless you can deal effectively with the region and you can't deal effectively with the region if you start with the premise that you can't talk to people who disagree with you.

Wesley Clark

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Wesley Clark
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: December 23
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