Wait, Sen. Inhofe of Oklahoma is the new ranking minority member on SASC?
Yow. This guy is a piece of work. Back in the day when I covered the Senate Armed Services Committee, he frequently struck me as mean-spirited. If he is running things, he will do things like make excuses for Abu Ghraib. Keep an eye on that space.
Yow. This guy is a piece of work. Back in the day when I covered the Senate Armed Services Committee, he frequently struck me as mean-spirited. If he is running things, he will do things like make excuses for Abu Ghraib. Keep an eye on that space.
Yow. This guy is a piece of work. Back in the day when I covered the Senate Armed Services Committee, he frequently struck me as mean-spirited. If he is running things, he will do things like make excuses for Abu Ghraib. Keep an eye on that space.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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