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William Odom

"I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation."

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"I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat."

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Aberjhani

"The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear."

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Aberjhani

"Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party."

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Aberjhani

"The Democratic Party is getting very angry, and that came through clearly in this election."

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Aberjhani

"The party has to be much more. It has to connect in a real way with rank-and-file members and be their voice."

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Aberjhani

"Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party."

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Aberjhani

"I don't think I was really addicted. I used it as a party tool."

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Aberjhani

"I don't want to bother them and ruin the party they are preparing so carefully at La Scala."

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Aberjhani

"It was way out in the woods in a beautiful, huge log studio. Keith Richards came in and did the vocals with Levon. Again, a big party, but we did get a good cut out of it."

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Aberjhani

"One individual doesn't really accept the pro-life position of the party, and the other... says he supports it and takes a position that is logically inconsistent."

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William Odom
"Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expense of realities."

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William Odom
"It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place."

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William Odom
"I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way."

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William Odom
"I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it."

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William Odom
"It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much in the interest of the Iranians because they wanted revenge against Saddam Hussein for Iraq's invasion in 1980."

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William Odom
"I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should."

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William Odom
"Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously."

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William Odom
"But I would make it unambiguously clear that we are going to withdraw, and if Iraq falls into civil war and if all these unhappy things occur, we're just going to have to accept them."

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William Odom
"While people out there on the spot certainly have to be held accountable for what they've done personally, the chain of command responsibility for this strikes me as just as important and should be dealt with."

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William Odom
"I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political."

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