Question 15: Mr. John Hostettler (R-IN):

Summary: Mr. Perle, what was your affiliation with the administration in May of 2003? In your testimony you stated that "The occupation of Iraq did much to viserate much of the goodwill that we earned, and deserved, as brave Americans risked and in all too many cases, sacrificed, their lives to liberate Iraq. We should have turned Iraq over to the Iraqis on the day Baghdad fell or soon thereafter as possible". Did you make this sentiment clear to the administration at that time? Has the situation improved?
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Response from Richard Perle (not transcribed but available on audio)