ABC News: McCain Takes Fire for 'Wasted' Troops Comment
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March 1, 2007
A remark Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., made on CBS's "Late Show With David Letterman" Wednesday night is generating some controversy.
"Americans are very frustrated, and they have every right to be," McCain said about the Iraq War. "We've wasted a lot of our most precious treasure, which is American lives."
The concept that American lives are being "wasted" is specifically what drew political fire. ...
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