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Abercrombie: 'Iraq Not A Sovereign Country'

Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) raised two important points in his five-minute speech (definitely not a Q & A): 1) More American soldiers are dying each year, and 2) American bureaucrats are now writing rules governing the Iraqi oil industry.

"Iraq is not a sovereign country," Abercrombie said. "We are occupying the country economically and militarily and going to suffer the consequences."

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