Pentagon Insider Steve Bucci Admits ‘Bad Assumptions’ About Iraq, 10 Years On

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When Steve Bucci agreed to talk to The World about the invasion of Iraq I expected to run into lots of defensive deflection. Bucci was part of the inner circle at the Pentagon at the time of the invasion, as a military assistant to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

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