Outgoing Joint Chiefs Chair: I Assumed "The Iraqi People...Would Welcome Liberation"

Outgoing Joint Chiefs Chair: I Assumed "The Iraqi People...Would Welcome Liberation"
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The number of top generals willing to admit mistakes in planning for post-Saddam Hussein Iraq is increasing.

The most recent mea culpa came right from the top -- Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the outgoing Joint Chiefs chairman, who last week gave his most extensive answer to the question of what he would have done differently in 2003.

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